Parenting Culture Studies

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Parenting Culture Resources Page

In this section of the site you will find references for articles and papers by those who work with Parenting Culture Studies. You will also find some papers presented at PCS' founding conference, 'Monitoring Parents: Childrearing in the age of Intensive Parenting.

 

Bonding Myth

Kanieski, Mary Ann. ‘Best be the ties that bind: discourse and discipline in bonding research’. Paper presented at Monitoring Parents: Childrearing in the age of ‘intensive parenting’, University of Kent, May 2007.

Disability

Francis, Ara. ‘Stigma’ and ‘Guilt’ (unpublished papers based on doctoral research).

Rogers, Christine. 2007. Parenting and Inclusive Education, Discovering Difference, Experiencing Difficulty, Palgrave Macmillan.
http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=276611

‘Early years’ theories

Wall, Glenda. 2004 "Is your child's brain potential maximized? Mothering in an age of new brain research." Atlantis: A Women's Studies Journal. 28(2).

Fatherhood

Wall, G. and S. Arnold. 2007 (Forthcoming) ‘How involved is involved fathering?: An exploration of the contemporary culture of fatherhood.’ Gender & Society 21(4).

Sheldon, Sally, (forthcoming 2008) (with Richard Collier) Fatherhood: a Socio-Legal Study. Oxford: Hart Publications.

(2007) (co-edited with Richard Collier) Fathers' Rights Activism and Legal Reform in Comparative Perspective (Oxford: Hart Publications)

(2006) 'Reproductive Choice: Men's Freedom and Women's Responsibility?' in Pedain, A. and Spencer, J. (eds) Freedom and Responsibility in Reproductive Choice (Oxford: Hart) 175-95.

(2005) 'Fragmenting Fatherhood: the Regulation of Reproductive Technologies' 68(4) Modern Law Review 523-53.

(2005) 'Reproductive Technologies and the Legal Determination of Fatherhood' 13(3) Feminist Legal Studies 349-62.

(2004) 'Gender Equality and Reproductive Decision Making' 12(3) Feminist Legal Studies 303-16.

(2003) 'Abortion and Unwilling Fathers: Terminating Men's Child Support Obligations?' 66(2) Modern Law Review 175-94.

(2001) 'Unmarried Fathers and Parental Responsibility: a Convincing Case for Reform?' Feminist Legal Studies 93-118.

(2001) 'Sperm Bandits, Birth Control Fraud and the Battle of the Sexes' 21(3) Legal Studies 460-80.

Dermott, E. '(2003)The Intimate Father: Defining Paternal Involvement', Sociological Research Online 8(4)

(2006) 'What's Parenthood Got To Do With It?: Men's Hours of
Paid Work
', British Journal of Sociology 57(4): 619-634

(2005) 'Time and Labour: Fathers and Childcare' in The Sociological Review 53 Supplement 2: 89-103

(2003) 'The Intimate Father: Defining Paternal Involvement', Sociological Research Online 8(4)

(2002) 'New Fatherhood in Practice?- Parental Leave in the UK', International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy 21(4/5/6): 145-164


Fear

Meyer, Anneke.(2007). The Child at Risk: Paedophiles, Media Responses and Public Opinion. Manchester: Manchester University Press.

(2007) 'The Moral Rhetoric of Childhood', Childhood, vol1. 14(1): 85-104.

Food and feeding

Bailey, Jemimah. ‘Fathers and breastfeeding in Ireland’. Paper presented at Monitoring Parents: Childrearing in the age of ‘intensive parenting’, University of Kent, May 2007.

Knaak, Stephanie. Forthcoming. "Deconstructing Discourse: Breastfeeding, Intensive Mothering and the Moral Construction of Choice" in Jessica Nathanson and Laura Tuley (Eds.), Mother Knows Best: Talking Back to the 'Experts.' Toronto: Demeter Press. (Contact author at sknaak@shaw for unpublished version)

(2006) ‘The problem with breastfeeding discourse’. The Canadian Journal of Public Health, 97(5):412-414. (abstract: http://www.cpha.ca/shared/cjph/archives/index06.htm#97_5)

(2005) ‘Breast-feeding, Bottle-feeding and Dr. Spock: The Shifting Context of Choice’. The Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology, 42(2):197-216. (Access an html version at: http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=5010846679&er=deny)

Kukla, Rebecca. 2006. "Ethics and Ideology in Breastfeeding Advocacy Campaigns", Hypatia 21:1, 157-180.

(2005) "Conscientious Autonomy: Displacing Decisions in Health Care" Hastings Center Report 35:2

Lee, Ellie. (2007).'Health, morality, and infant feeding: British mother's experiences of formula milk use in the early weeks'. Sociology of Health and Illness Vol 29(7): 1075-1090

(2007) 'Infant feeding in risk society'. Health, Risk and Society. 9(3): 259-309.

Murphy, Elizabeth. (Forthcoming) Images of Childhood in Mother's Accounts of Contemporary Childrearing, Childhood. (forthcoming)

(2004) ‘Anticipatory Accounts’, Symbolic Interaction 27 (2) 129-154.

(2003) ‘Expertise and forms of knowledge in the government of families, The Sociological Review 51 (4) 433-462.

2000. ‘Risk, Responsibility and Rhetoric in Infant Feeding’, Journal of Contemporary Ethnography (3) 291-325.

1999. ‘Breast is Best': Infant feeding and maternal deviance, Sociology of Health and Illness 21 (2), pp. 187-208.

Murphy EA, Parker S, Phipps C. 1999. ‘Motherhood, Morality and Infant Feeding’, in L Williams and J Germov (eds) A Sociology of Food and Nutrition: The Social Appetite. Oxford University Press, (pp.242-258) (with S. Parker and C. Phipps)

Wall, Glenda. 2001. ‘Moral constructions of motherhood in breastfeeding discourse’. Gender & Society 15(4): 590-608.

Symth, Lisa. 'Gendered public spaces and intimate citizenship: the case of breastfeeding'. Paper presented at Monitoring Parents: Childrearing in the age of 'intensive parenting', University of Kent, May 2007.

Policy developments

Clements, Dave. 'The State of Parenting'. Paper presented at Monitoring Parents: Childrearing in the age of 'intensive parenting', University of Kent, May 2007.

'Care Matters: Transforming the Lives of Children and Young People in Care'. Response to the Green Paper for Future Cities Project. (Available from the author dave_clem@hotmail.com )

Gillies, Val. ‘Tell them what they want to hear and then do what works’: navigating the contemporary politics of parenting’. Paper presented at Monitoring Parents: Childrearing in the age of ‘intensive parenting’, University of Kent, May 2007. [Add link]

(2006) Marginalised Mothers: Exploring Working Class Parenting, Abingdon Oxon: Routledge

(2006) Working Class Mothers and School Life: Exploring the Role of Emotional Capital, Gender and Education 18 (3) 81-295.

(2006) Parenting and social class: exploring the context of childrearing, Community Practitioner, 79, 4: 114-117.

(2005) Raising the meritocracy: parenting and the individualisation of social class, Sociology, 39 (5) 835-852

(2005) Meeting parents needs? Discourses of ‘support’ and ‘inclusion’ in family policy, Critical Social Policy, 25 (1) 70-90.

(2003) Family and Intimate Relationships: A Review of the Sociological Research, Family and Social Capital ESRC Research Group Working Paper, No 2. http://www.lsbu.ac.uk/families/publications/index.shtml

Gillies Val. and Edwards R. 2006. A qualitative analysis of parenting and social capital: comparing the work of Coleman and Bourdieu, QualitativeSociology Review, Vol II. Issue 2. http://www.qualitativesociologyreview.org /ENG/archive_eng.php

Edwards, R. and Gillies, V. 2005. Resources in Parenting: Access to Capitals Project Report , Families & Social Capital ESRC Research Report No14, http://www.lsbu.ac.uk/families/publications/index.shtml

(2004) Support in Parenting: Values and Consensus Concerning Who to Turn to, Journal of Social Policy. 33 (4), 623-643.

Holt, Amanda. ‘Parenting orders, youth justice policy and the discursive shaping of subjectivity’. (PDF) Paper presented at Monitoring Parents: Childrearing in the age of ‘intensive parenting’, University of Kent, May 2007.

(in press) ‘Room for Resistance? Parenting Orders, disciplinary power and the construction of the Bad Parent’ in Squires, P (Ed.) ASBO Nation: the criminalisation of nuisance, Policy Press; Bristol.

Reece, Helen. 2006. 'UK women's groups' child contact campaign: 'so long as it is safe''. 18 CFLQ 538-61

(2006) 'From Parental Responsibility to Parenting Responsibly' in Michael Freeman (ed), Law and Sociology:  Current Legal Issues. Oxford University Press: 459-83

(2000) The Development of Family Law in the Twentieth Century: Informed Reform or Campaigns and Compromises?' 63 Modern Law Review 608-622 (Review article)

(1996). ‘The Paramountcy Principle: Consensus or Construct?’ 49 Current Legal Problems 267-304

(1996). ‘Subverting the Stigmatization Argument’. 23 Journal of Law and Society 484-505

Reproductive choices

Bowcock, Helen. ‘Just the one? Parents’ experience of having only one child’. Paper presented at Monitoring Parents: Childrearing in the age of ‘intensive parenting’, University of Kent, May 2007.

Jones, Rachel, Frohwirth, Lori F., and Moore, Ann M. 2008. ‘ “I would want to give my child, like, everything in the world”: How issues of motherhood influence women who have abortions’. Journal of Family Issues 29: 79-99.

Maher, JaneMaree and Saugeres, Lise. 2007. ‘To be or not to be a mother? Women negotiating cultural representations of mothering’. Journal of Sociology 43(1): 5-21.

Teenage pregnancy and parenthood

Hoggart, L. (forthcoming) ‘Young women, sexual behaviour and sexual decision-making’ in Growing Up with Risk, eds. Thom, B. Pearce, J. and Sales, R. To be published by The Policy Press.

(2006). ‘Risk: Young Women and Sexual Decision-Making’ [55 paragraphs]. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research [On-line Journal], 7(1), Art. 28. Available at: http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/1-06/06-1-28-e.htm

(2005) ‘Neoliberalism, the new right and sexual politics’, in Saad Filho, A. and Johnston, D. (eds)  Neoliberalism – a critical reader, Routledge, pp. 149-155, ISBN 0-7453-2298-0.

Bradford, M., Hoggart, L. and Young, D. (2007 in press) The sexual health needs of unaccompanied minors in Enfield and Haringey, Enfield and Haringey Teenage Pregnancy Partnership.

Hoggart, L., with Nasserzadeh, S. and Shamash, M. (2006) Young People, Sex and Choices: Haringey Case Study, Middlesex University and Haringey Teenage Pregnancy Unit.

Hek, R. and Hoggart, L. (2004) Young People, Sex and Choices: Telford Case Study, Middlesex University and Telford and Wrekin Primary Care Trust, ISBN: 1 85924 171 9

Holgate, Helen. ‘Teenage Parenthood in Britain: “I wish they’d ask instead of just judging first” ’. Paper presented at Monitoring Parents: Childrearing in the age of ‘intensive parenting’, University of Kent, May 2007.

Holgate, Helen, Evans R and Yuen F (2006) Teenage Pregnancy and Parenthood: Global Perspectives, Issues and Interventions. London: Routledge

Seamark Clare J. (2001) ‘Design or accident? The natural history of teenage pregnancy’. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 94:282-5.

Seamark Clare J. and Gray DJP. (1997). ‘Like mother, like daughter: a general practice study of maternal influences on teenage pregnancy’. British Journal of General Practice 47: 175-6. 
 
(1998) ‘Teenagers and Risk-Taking: Pregnancy and Smoking’. British Journal of General Practice 48: 985-6 .

Seamark Clare J, Lings Pamela (2004) ‘Positive experiences of teenage motherhood: a qualitative study’. British Journal of General Practice 54:813-8.

Work

Ba, Stephano. ‘Play and activities with children – considerations around the work-family boundaries’. Paper presented at Monitoring Parents: Childrearing in the age of ‘intensive parenting’, University of Kent, May 2007.

James, Grace (forthcoming in 2008). The Legal Regulation of Pregnancy and Parenting in the Labour Market (working title) Routledge-Cavendish.

(2007) 'Law's Response to Pregnancy/Workplace Conflicts: A Critique'. Feminist Legal Studies 15:167-188.

General

Ribbens McCarthy, Jane, and Edwards, Rosalind (2000) 'Moral tales of the Child and the Adult: narratives of contemporary family lives under changing circumstances', Sociology, 34:4, 785-804.

 

 

 

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