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Parenting culture studies / Ellie Lee ... [et al.].

Title
Parenting culture studies / Ellie Lee ... [et al.].
Publication
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

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  • Lee, Ellie, 1969-
  • Lee, Ellie.
Description
xii, 253 p. : ill.; 22 cm.
Summary
Why have the minutiae of how parents raise their children become routine sources of public debate and policy making? This book provides in-depth answers to these features drawing on a wide range of sources from sociology, history, anthropology and psychology, covering developments in both Europe and North America.
Subject
Parenting
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-245) and index.
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  • committed to retain
Contents
Machine generated contents note: pt. I Parenting Culture -- 1.Intensive Parenting and the Expansion of Parenting / Charlotte Faircloth -- 2.Experts and Parenting Culture / Ellie Lee -- 3.The Politics of Parenting / Jan Macvarish -- 4.Who Cares for Children? The Problem of Intergenerational Contact / Jennie Bristow -- pt. II Essays on Parental Determinism -- Essay 1 Policing Pregnancy: The Pregnant Woman Who Drinks / Ellie Lee -- Essay 2 The Problem of `Attachment': The `Detached' Parent / Charlotte Faircloth -- Essay 3 Babies' Brains and Parenting Policy: The Insensitive Mother / Jan Macvarish -- Essay 4 Intensive Fatherhood? The (Un)involved Dad / Charlotte Faircloth -- Essay 5 The Double Bind of Parenting Culture: Helicopter Parents and Cotton Wool Kids / Jennie Bristow.
ISBN
  • 9781137304605
  • 113730460X
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Harvard Library