Governing partners: responsibilization in pregnancy advice literature for men

Governing partners: responsibilization in pregnancy advice literature for men

This thesis is an investigation of pregnancy advice books for expectant fathers. It explores how male partners are encouraged to participate in contemporary pregnancy management through medico-moral discourses, This study challenges current theoretical conceptions of responsibilization by contending...

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Main Author: Collins, Elizabeth A
Other Authors: Hier, Sean
Language:English
en
Published: 2009
Subjects:
pregnancy
fatherhood
fathers
advice
discourse
responsibilization
pregnant
governance
UVic Subject Index::Humanities and Social Sciences::Social Sciences::Women's studies
UVic Subject Index::Humanities and Social Sciences::Sociology
UVic Subject Index::Humanities and Social Sciences::Sociology::Family
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1828/1359

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http://hdl.handle.net/1828/1359

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