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In Chapter 1, and in the introduction to Part II, I outlined an approach to the examination of fathers’ caregiving as embodied practice — as a series of activities to which they bring particular body capital, and which requires them to learn new body techniques. Here, I put this approach into practice by looking at what fathers are doing from their perspective, as engaged, embodied subjects. As a basis for this exercise, I draw on my visits with 13 fathers, who had taken leave from, or who had given up full-time employment in order to care for babies.
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Ranson, G. (2015). ‘Everything but Breastfeeding’. In: Fathering, Masculinity and the Embodiment of Care. Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137455895_2
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