Beschreibung

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 influences, as well as the impact of political and legal interventions on configurations 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 identified? How can social change be conceptualized? This volume links to international comparative research and shows how fruitful it can be to break disciplinary boundaries. 

From the Contents:
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

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The editors:

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.

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Keywords

Fatherhood, Practices and Representations, social change, Structural framing and agency

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