First-Time Parenting Journeys - 9781009077040

Name: First-Time Parenting Journeys - 9781009077040
Brand: Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press

First-Time Parenting JourneysExpectations and Realities\nAuthor(s): Damien W. Riggs, Clare Bartholomaeus\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781009077040, 978-1009077040\nSynopsis\nAll too often heterosexual first-time parents are treated as the unmarked norm within research on reproduction. First-Time Parenting Journeys maps out what it means to be situated within the norm, while providing a critical account of how social norms about parenthood shape, regulate, and potentially delimit experiences of new parenthood for heterosexual couples. Based on qualitative longitudinal research, this book tells the story of journeys to parenthood, highlighting the impact of gender norms, moral claims, emotion work, and generativity. While drawing on Australian data, the critical conceptual framework has broader applicability across Western contexts in terms of understanding normative family structures and paren.