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Regendering care or undoing gendered binaries of parenting in contemporary UK society?
Locke, Abigail
Locke, Abigail
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2017-03
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Boyer, Dermott, James and MacLeavy discuss the rise of fathers in primary caregiving positions within the
United Kingdom following the recessions from 2008 to 2009 and 2011 to 2012 and outline a number of key
questions. In this commentary, I consider the aims of their piece, both within contemporary parenting
culture and the negotiation of gendered binaries of care. I note that a more intersectional understanding of
the decisions that families are making with regard to combining work and childcare is timely.
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Locke A (2016) Regendering care or undoing gendered binaries of parenting in contemporary UK society? Dialogues in Human Geography. 7(1): 88-91.
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