Parenthood Between Generations : Transforming Reproductive Cultures / Siân Pooley, Kaveri Qureshi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pooley, Siân, editor.

Qureshi, Kaveri, editor.

Series:

Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural Perspectives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[s.l.] : Berghahn Books, 2016.

Summary:

Recent literature has identified modern "parenting" as an expert-led practice-one which begins with pre-pregnancy decisions, entails distinct types of intimate relationships, places intense burdens on mothers and increasingly on fathers too. Exploring within diverse historical and global contexts how men and women make-and break-relations between generations when becoming parents, this volume brings together innovative qualitative research by anthropologists, historians, and sociologists. The chapters focus tightly on inter-generational transmission and demonstrate its importance for understanding how people become parents and rear children.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1 Between Future Families and Families of Origin: Talking about Gay Parenthood across Generations

Chapter 2 The Politics of Fertility and Generation in Buganda, East Africa, 1860-1980

Chapter 3 Changing Mothering Practices and Intergenerational Relations in Contemporary Urban China

Chapter 4 Intergenerational Negotiations of Non-marital Pregnancies in Contemporary Japan

Chapter 5 Grandfathers, Grandmothers and the Inheritance of Parenthood in England, c. 1850-1914

Chapter 6 First-time Parenthood among Migrant Pakistanis: Gender and Generation in the Postpartum Period

Chapter 7 Intergenerational Mythscapes and Infant Care in Northwestern Amazonia

Chapter 8 Generational Change and Continuity among British Mothers: The Sharing of Beliefs, Knowledge and Practices c. 1940-1990

Chapter 9 'I Feel My Dad Every Moment!' Memory, Emotion and Embodiment in British South Asian Fathering Practices

Chapter 10 Becoming Papa: Kinship, Senescence and the Ambivalent Inward Journeys of Ageing Men in the Antilles

Conclusion

Index.

Notes:

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