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Cover 1 Frontmatter 2 Contents 8 Acknowledgments 10 Chapter 1: Becoming Mothers and Fathers 12 Chapter 2: Parental Consciousness and Gender 26 Chapter 3: "Good" Mothers and Fathers 57 Chapter 4: Bonding with the Baby: Biology and Social Meanings 79 Chapter 5: As a Wife and a Mother: Marriage and Approaches to New Parenthood 111 Chapter 6: Images of Family 139 Chapter 7: Employment, Child Care, and Parental Accountability 154 Chapter 8: Conclusion 184 Notes 198 References 204 Index [Includes Back Cover] 214 Publisher:Temple University Press,Published:1998,ISBN:9781592138241,Language:English,OCLC:47008920 Many new mothers and fathers are surprised at how they change as individuals and as couples after a baby is born. Susan Walzer's interviews explore the tendency for men and women to experience their transitions into parenthood in different ways -- a pattern that has been linked to marital stress. How do new mothers and fathers think about babies, and what is the influence of parental consciousness in reproducing motherhood and fatherhood as different experiences? The reports of new parents in this book illustrate the power of gendered cultural imagery in how women and men think abou

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Author

Walzer, Susan

Publisher

Temple University Press Project MUSE

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9781566396318

Category

nonfiction