Fatherhood in Late Modernity

Cultural Images, Social Practices, Structural Frames
Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-3-86649-375-9
Verlag: Barbara Budrich

Buch, Englisch, 323 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 426 g

Changes in Fatherhood How do structural changes in the welfare state, in gender relations and work affect concepts and realities of fatherhood? The authors analyse cultural images and representations of fatherhood, varieties of fatherhood in relation to social backgrounds, organisational infl uences, as well as the impact of political and legal interventions on confi gurations of fatherhood. With an interdisciplinary approach this book’s contributions investigate the sometimes contradictory relationship between cultural representations and social practices of fatherhood. They contextualise diverse fatherhoods in various social backgrounds, ethnicities, ages and different national contexts. Refl ecting methodological challenges is crucial to the volume’s approach: Which parameters are used to quantify change? Which links and interactions between cultural, individual, organizational and societal dimensions do exist regarding the development of new social confi gurations of fatherhood? How can the complex interaction between structural constraints and agency be analysed? Can certain agents of change be identifi ed? How can social change be conceptualized? This volume links to international comparative research and shows how fruitful it can be to break disciplinary boundaries.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Oechsle, Mechtild

Müller, Ursula

Hess, Sabine

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Familiensoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Ralph LaRossa: The Historical Study of Fatherhood: Theoretical and Methodological Considerations
Walter Erhart: Family Men and Father Figures 1900/2000. Interconnections of Masculinity, Fatherliness and Modern Literature
Sabine Andresen: Pedagogic Images of the Father. Discourses on Fatherliness and Masculinity at the Beginning of the 20th Century
Irina Novikova: Representations of Fatherhood – East-European Contradictions
Lisa Gotto: Father Figures in Hollywood Films – the 80ies and 90ies
Florian Schulz & Hans-Peter Blossfeld: The Division of Housework in the Family. Results from a longitudinal analysis
Cornelia Helfferich: Fatherhood as a Transformation of Masculinity
William Marsiglio: Fathering Trajectories. Gender, And Physical/Social Place. A Research Agenda
Øysten Gullvåg Holter: Work Changes Gender? Northern Perspectives
Susan Halford: (Re)Organizing Fatherhood? Homeworking, Organizational Discourse and Gendered Domestic Practices
Michael Meuser/Cornelia Behnke: “Look out, mate! I'll take paternal leave for a year” – Involved Fatherhood and Images of Masculinity

Über Autor(innen)

Prof. Dr. Mechtild Oechsle Fakultät für Soziologie, Universität Bielefeld, Germany, Prof. Dr. Ursula Müller Fakultät für Soziologie, Universität Bielefeld, Germany, Dr. Sabine Hess Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung und Fakultät für Soziologie, Universität Bielefeld, Germany.