Fathers and Sons

Generations, Families and Migration
2015. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-137-37966-5
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 207 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 3796 g

Reihe: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life

This book explores how masculinities and fatherhood are transmitted across family generations of white British, Irish and Polish fathers. Providing unique insights into men's lives, migration, employment, father-son relationships and intergenerational transmission, it offers a rich methodological story of how intergenerational research is done.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brannen, J.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Familiensoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Gruppen & Klassen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. Researching Intergenerational Families: Conceptual And Methodological Matters 3. Encounters With Respondents: Notes From The Field 4. Contexts And Experiences Of Migration: Fathers And Grandfathers (With Violetta Parutis) 5. Fatherhood And Employment Across The Generations (With Ann Mooney) 6. Fathers And Sons: Relationships And Ambivalences 7. Fatherhood And Intergenerational Transmission 8. Fatherhood, Time And The Perspectives Of Children And Young People With (Valerie Wigfall) 9. Conclusions And Reflections

Über Autor(innen)

Julia Brannen is Professor of the Sociology of the Family at the Thomas Coram Research Unit, UCL Institute of Education, London and Visiting Professor at the University of Bergen, Norway.