Fatherhood in Late Modernity: Cultural Images, Social Practices, Structural Frames

ISBN-13: 9783866493759 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 323 str.

Prof. Dr. Mechtild Oechsle;Prof. Dr. Ursula Müller;Prof. Dr. Sabine Hess

Opis

How do structural changes - in the welfare state, gender relations, and work - affect concepts and realities of fatherhood? Fatherhood in Late Modernity analyzes the cultural images and representations of fatherhood, including the varieties of fatherhood in relation to social backgrounds, the organizational influences, as well as the impact of political and legal interventions on configurations of fatherhood. It links in with international comparative research and shows how fruitful it can be to break disciplinary boundaries. With an interdisciplinary approach, the contributions investigate the sometimes contradictory relationship between cultural representations and social practices of fatherhood. They contextualize diverse fatherhoods in various social backgrounds, ethnicities, ages, and different national contexts. Reflecting methodological challenges is crucial to the volume's approach: Which parameters are used to quantify change? * Which links and interactions exist between cultural, individual, organizational, and societal dimensions? * How can the complex interaction between structural constraints and agency be analyzed? * Can certain agents of change be identified? * How can social change be conceptualized?

Recenzje

How do men react to new expectations to fatherhood? Why has the adaptation toequality in the home been so slow? What defines fatherhood? These are the basicquestions explored in this volume. We are taken through a journey on fatherhoodover 14 individual contributions representing a variety of scientific fields. Thevolume is divided into three sections: cultural, social, and institutional fatherhood.
European Journal of Population 29/2013

O autorze

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.