Nurturing Babies, Protecting Men: The Unequal Dynamics of Women’s Postpartum Caregiving Practices

Child Care and Inequality: Rethinking Carework for Children and Youth

Volumn , Issue , 2022, Pages 51-64

  Kelleher, Christa ^a   Fox, Bonnie ^b  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315811208-7     Document Type: Chapter

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