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Making sense of fatherhood: gender, caring and work

This book explores men's unfolding experiences of first-time fatherhood. Using in-depth empirical longitudinal data the book illuminates in accessible and original ways paternal caring, changing masculinities and men's practices of agency. Throughout the book gender theory and empirical data are interwoven leading to new insights into masculine practices of gender, caring and work. The empirical data were collected during 2 years of intensive fieldwork and narratively analysed. The resulting work reveals the obduracy of aspects of gendered practices in family lives as well as how change in gender roles might be facilitated, against a backdrop of societal change and policy.