Childbearing and the Changing Nature of Parenthood : The Contexts, Actors, and Experiences of Having Children.

Intro -- Childbearing and the Changing Nature of ParentHOOD: The Contexts, Actors, and Experiences of Having Children -- Editorial Board -- EDITORIAL BOARD -- Contents -- About the Contributors -- Foreword -- Chapter 01: Putting Gender on Ice: Preserving Motherhood in Media Coverage of Elective Egg and Sperm Freezing -- Introduction -- Theorizing Risk and Reproductive Technologies -- Methods -- Analysis -- Single and Aging -- Women Working -- Men Taking Risks -- Discussion: Motherhood at Risk -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 02: Becoming Mum: Exploring the Emergence and Formulation of a Mother's Identity During the Transition into Motherhood -- Assemblage and the Concept of the Mothering Identity -- Literature Review -- Attaining the Mother Identity -- The Emotional Crisis of Motherhood -- Data and Methods -- Findings -- Emotional Turmoil -- Reconstructing Relationships -- Getting Comfortable with the Baby -- Rediscovering the Self -- Constructing the Mother as an Assemblage -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 03: Contextual Influences on Contraception Use Among Poor Women in Pakistan -- Literature Review -- Husband's Desire for Children -- Family Planning Worker -- Technological Factors -- Geographical Factors -- Confounding Variables -- Socioeconomic Status -- Age -- Theoretical Framework -- Method -- Sample and Procedure -- Measures -- Use of Contraception -- Husband's Desire for Children -- Visits of Family Planning Worker -- Media Message -- Provincial Level -- Wealth Status -- Age of Women -- Results -- Discussion -- Implications -- Limitations -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 04: Doing Becoming a Mother: The Gendering of Parenthood in Birth-Preparation Classes in Germany -- Introduction -- Data and Method -- Findings -- (Re)Gendering in Birth-preparation Classes -- M/Othering in Birth-preparation Classes.

The Assignment of Gendered Responsibilities in Birth-preparation Classes -- Legitimation of Gendered Attributions in Birth-preparation Classes -- Conclusion -- References -- APPENDIX -- Chapter 05: Midwives in Ontario Hospitals: The Mainstreaming of "Alternative" Childbearing -- Introduction -- Ontario Midwifery Legislation -- What Do Midwives Do? -- Negotiating Power/Knowledge -- Constructing Pregnancy -- The Role of Contemporary Midwifery -- Methodological Notes -- Method -- Description of Participants -- Discussion -- Midwives' Roles in Childbearing and the Transition to Parenthood -- Then and Now: The Ethos of Midwifery -- Then and Now: Interdisciplinary Relationships -- Resources, Intervention, and Hierarchy -- Re-Defining "Alternative" -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Secondary Sources -- Chapter 06: The Medicalization of Pregnancy and Childbirth in Contemporary Turkey: The Effect of Risk Discourses for Turkish Women's Experiences -- Introduction -- Social Context in Which Pregnancy and Childbirth Take Place -- Risk Society -- Reflexivity -- Surveillance -- Medicalization of Pregnancy and Childbirth in Turkey -- The Study -- Method -- Mothers' Perspectives -- Decision to be A Mother -- Pregnancy -- Childbirth -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 07: Going it Alone: A Multigenerational Investigation of Women's Perceptions of Single Mothers by Choice Versus Circumstance -- Perceptions of Single Mothers -- Single Mothers by Choice -- Generational Differences -- Hypotheses -- Attitudes toward Single Mothers -- Willingness to Become a Single Mother by Choice -- Qualitative Hypotheses -- Method -- Participants -- Materials -- Demographic Information -- Attitudes toward Single Mothers -- Maternal Profiles -- Willingness to Become a Single Mother -- Design and Procedure -- Results -- Quantitative Results for Attitudes toward Single Mothers.

Univariate Analysis of Variance -- Regression Analysis -- Quantitative Results for Willingness to Become a Single Mother by Choice -- Univariate Analysis of Variance -- Regression Analysis -- Qualitative Results of Fictitious Vignettes -- Financial Challenges of Single Motherhood -- Emotional Challenges of the Child -- Advantages -- Qualitative Results for Willingness to Become a Single Mother by Choice -- Discussion -- Attitudes toward Single Mothers -- Willingness to Become a Single Mother by Choice -- Qualitative Responses -- Limitations -- Conclusions and Future Research -- References -- Chapter 08: Building a Family within a Non-Heterosexual Couple: Struggles, Fears, Representations and Practices -- Introduction -- Theoretical Framework and Methodological Options -- Results and Discussion -- Cases Presentation -- Same-sex Marriage -- The Problematic "Coming Out" -- "I'm Bisexual": A Way of Free Expression or a Defensive Identity Strategy? -- Becoming a Mother and Becoming a Father -- The Less Autonomy of Gay Men -- Ideology of Motherhood and Gay Fatherhood -- Parenting Projects and the Access Route to Parenthood -- Equally Ideals and Power Imbalances In Conjugal Life -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 9: A Qualitative Inquiry: Reflections on Pregnancy, Birth, and Transition to Parenthood Experiences of African-American Couples with a Toddler Son -- Literature Review -- Factors that Affect Parenting Styles -- Understanding the Prenatal Parenting Experience through Non-Traditional Studies -- Parenting Stressors and Styles -- Mothers Working More Hours -- Dual Income Families -- Low Income and Parent Stress -- African-American Parents and Children in the Twenty-first Century -- African-American Pregnancy Confirmation Experience -- Method -- Data Analysis -- Results -- Pregnancy -- Time of Labor and Delivery -- Post-pregnancy.

Becoming a Parent -- Discussion -- Limitations and Future Research -- References -- INDEX.

Around the globe, the very conceptualization of family is associated with the relationship between a parent and a child. The birth of a child represents both the end of one experience, and the beginning of another.

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