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  • 1 - Introduction

  • Damien W. Riggs, Flinders University of South Australia, Clare Bartholomaeus, Flinders University of South Australia
  • Book:
    First-Time Parenting Journeys
    Published online:
    02 March 2023
    Print publication:
    09 March 2023, pp 1-19

  • Summary

    In Chapter 1, we provide an overview of the project, starting by exploring how we came to conduct a study on heterosexual first-time parents. We situate the study within our own histories of research on family diversity and highlight why a focus on heterosexual couples contributes to our understanding of norms about reproduction and kinship. We also include a brief overview of the Australian context when it comes to the composition of families. We then outline some of the major studies that have been undertaken previously on heterosexual first-time parents, before then outlining the conceptual frameworks that we utilise within the book. These include the concepts of social flesh, the ways in which feelings get institutions under the skin, and the use of juxtaposition as a way to highlight social norms within a critical kinship studies framework.