03235nam 2200409 450 991049215090332120230629215552.03-030-77403-1(CKB)4100000011979176(MiAaPQ)EBC6676319(Au-PeEL)EBL6676319(OCoLC)1260347844(EXLCZ)99410000001197917620220329d2021 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierCouples' transitions to parenthood gender, intimacy and equality /Charlotte FairclothCham, Switzerland :Palgrave Macmillan,[2021]©20211 online resource (164 pages)3-030-77402-3 Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- About the Author -- List of Figures -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Relationships End, But Children Are 'Forever' -- Overview -- Vignette 1: Anthony and Claudia -- References -- Part I: Context -- Introduction to Part I -- References -- Chapter 2: Theoretical Context -- Couple Relationships and Ideals of Equality -- Contemporary Parenting Culture -- Motherhood and Moralisation -- Different Performances of the Cultural Script -- Gender -- Class -- Cultural Variation -- Children at Risk -- The Many Methods of Raising Children Intensively -- Parenting, Gender and the State -- So What Does Equality Mean in Practice? -- Parenting Between Ideal and Reality -- References -- Chapter 3: Political and Methodological Context -- Political Context -- Methodology -- Introducing the Couples -- Vignette 2: Laura and James -- References -- References -- Part II: Practice -- Birth, Eating and Sleeping -- References -- Chapter 4: Birth -- Birth as an Analytical Object -- Great Expectations -- ...Shattered -- Birth Stories, Identity Work and Relationships -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5: Feeding -- Infant Feeding and Moralisation -- Physicality and Embodiment of Intensive Parenting -- Material Barriers to 'Equal' Parenting -- Rethinking Gender Roles: Gay Couples and Parenting Culture -- Breastfeeding, Relationship Deadlock and the Impossibility of 'Support' -- References -- Chapter 6: Sleeping -- Thinking About Sleep -- The Sleep Diaries -- Taking Turns -- Intimacy and Sex -- Intimacy and Inequality: Embodying Difference -- Mutual Understanding -- Less Equality, Less Intimacy? -- Equality, Individualism and Intimacy -- Conclusions -- Vignette 3: Ellen and Max -- References -- Chapter 7: Conclusion -- Equality and Intimacy: Uncomfortable Bedfellows? -- Iterations of Equality -- Equality as Sharing the Worry?.The Quality of Quality Time -- Family Life and a Relational Perspective -- Equality and Individualism -- Conclusion: Escaping the 'Parent Trap'? -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index.ParentingParenting.649.1Faircloth Charlotte851322MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910492150903321Couples' Transitions to Parenthood2106114UNINA