Recent literature has identified modern "parenting" as an expert-led
practice-one which begins with pre-pregnancy decisions, entails distinct
types of intimate relationships, places intense burdens on mothers and
increasingly on fathers too. Exploring within diverse historical and
global contexts how men and women make-and break-relations between
generations when becoming parents, this volume brings together
innovative qualitative research by anthropologists, historians, and
sociologists. The chapters focus tightly on inter-generational
transmission and demonstrate its importance for understanding how people
become parents and rear children.