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Parenthood between Generations: Transforming Reproductive Cultures
Sian Pooley (Ed.)
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Description for Parenthood between Generations: Transforming Reproductive Cultures
Hardback. The chapters situate the cross-cutting power of the life-course in specific global historical contexts, so as to examine how reproductive cultures are influenced by demographic change, new technologies, migration and diaspora. Studies shed light on of the diverse ways in which nature, biology, kinship and gender have been understood. Editor(s): Pooley, Sian; Qureshi, Kaveri. Series: Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality. Num Pages: 276 pages, 11 figures. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 584.
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.
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.
Product Details
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality
Condition
New
Weight
584g
Number of Pages
298
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785331503
SKU
V9781785331503
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About Sian Pooley (Ed.)
Sian Pooley is a Tutorial Fellow in Modern British History at Magdalen College and an Associate Professor in the Faculty of History, University of Oxford. Her research explores the social and cultural history of Britain since 1850, especially through the experiences, relationships, and inequalities that mattered to children, men, and women. She is currently working on parenthood, children's writing, and ... Read more
Reviews for Parenthood between Generations: Transforming Reproductive Cultures
...this is an exemplary edited collection-it does what any edited collection should, in coming together to produce something collaborative than no scholar could achieve alone. Furthermore, it provides historians, sociologists, and other scholars a new way of thinking about generational change, continuity, and communication. Any framework such as this can be reductive and simplifying rather than instructive, but used well, ... Read more