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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Judith Walzer LeavittPublisher: The University of North Carolina Press Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.456kg ISBN: 9780807871683ISBN 10: 0807871680 Pages: 400 Publication Date: 30 August 2010 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsNo brief review can do justice either to the sophistication and analytical depth of Make Room for Daddy , or to the sheer pleasure it is to read. . . . One of the most important books on gender and the family to be published in the past two decades. . . .An exceptional work of history that deserves a wide scholarly and general audience. <br>- The Journal of Social History Make Room for Daddy is a highly original work on a topic that has never been fully addressed by historians. Feminist scholars often recognize the need to examine the experiences of men in order to understand women's history and the impact of gender expectations on both men and women, but few focus on men with the depth and sensitivity evident in this study. This book strikes lots of emotional chords as well, and will appeal to men and women, scholars and nonacademic readers, and anyone who has gone through the process of becoming a parent or is contemplating the possibility. <br>-Elaine Tyler May, author of Homeward Bound: American Families in the Cold War Era Contributes mightily to the history of American childbirth, medicine, and families.--Journal of American Studies A highly engaging, readable history, richly illustrated with photographs and cartoons. . . . A telling example of the value of questioning previously hidden or ignored aspects of a topic. . . .Restores the father to his legitimate place in the story of reproduction in American society.--Nursing History Review An extraordinary history of men and childbirth. . . . No brief review can do justice either to the sophistication and analytical depth of Make Room for Daddy, or to the sheer pleasure it is to read. . . . One of the most important books on gender and the family to be published in the past two decades. Sensitive to differences in experience by class and race, with a subtle and nuanced argument supported by broad and deep research, Make Room for Daddy is an exceptional work of history that deserves a wide scholarly and general audience.--Journal of Social History A serious and meticulous investigation of territory where few scholars have previously ventured. . . . [A] much needed addition to the blossoming scholarly work on childbirth history.--Women's Review of Books Amusing and absorbing throughout, this book is most provocative when it details the 'three P's': the 'place, privilege, and power' of childbirth that 'provides a lens through which to view larger issues of twentieth-century medicine and its inequalities, ' class foremost among them.--The Atlantic Monthly A pioneering history. . . . A wonderful addition to the project of plumbing the Oprahatic melange of identity, sentiment, and personal need at the core of examined life in our times.--The Journal of American History This book serves as a platform for considering today's inequalities in class and race.--Nursing Standard Those who read Make Room for Daddy will benefit from the experience and likely will have a newly deepened respect for what their parents and grandparents went through as they grew their families. . . . Highly recommend[ed].--The Father Life Should be read by anyone still doubting how important this change in men's roles was during the second half of the 20th century.--greatdad.com A narrative history--illuminating and engaging--of what fathers actually did while mothers were giving birth over the past 80 years.--The Wall Street Journal A requisite work for medical historians . . . also recommended for obstetricians, nurses and hospital administrators as they consider policies in the twenty-first century. . . . A highly convincing and well-written book, [this] serves as a basis for future scholarship, since it enriches our understandings of the cultural and biological event of childbirth while recognising the increasing importance of men in that process--Social History of Medicine Illuminates men's involvement with the childbirth experience, adding fathers-to-be as vital players in understanding American childbirth history. . . . Highly recommended.--Choice Timely, erudite, and accessible. . . . Leavitt's narrative is both eloquent and analytical. . . . We now understand more about the role of men in the birthing process, greatly expanding our understanding of the history of the family, medicine, and gender.--American Historical Review No brief review can do justice either to the sophistication and analytical depth of Make Room for Daddy, or to the sheer pleasure it is to read. . . . One of the most important books on gender and the family to be published in the past two decades. . . . An exceptional work of history that deserves a wide scholarly and general audience.--Journal of Social History Leavitt uses dozens of humorous, nerve-wracking and often touching stories from fathers to bring these experiences to life.--Wisconsin Week Extends beyond the history of childbirth and contributes to the fields of American social history, family history, social medicine, masculinity studies, and gender studies. . . . Contribute[s] important findings to the literature on women's health while simultaneously broadening our knowledge of larger trends in American history.--Reviews in American History Author InformationJudith Walzer Leavitt is Rupple Bascom and Ruth Bleier Professor of Medical History and Women's Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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