Fathering, Masculinity and the Embodiment of Care

2015. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-137-45588-8
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 209 Seiten, Format (B × H): 141 mm x 223 mm, Gewicht: 3796 g

Reihe: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life

Many fathers are now providing hands-on, engaged care to babies and young children. This book draws on observations of, and interviews with, caregiving fathers, as well as analyses of fathers' memoirs and online blogs, to examine fathers' caregiving work as embodied practice and as lived experience.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ranson, Gillian

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Sozialisation, Soziale Interaktion, Sozialer Wandel
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Familiensoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Sozialethnologie: Familie, Gender, Soziale Gruppen

Über Autor(innen)

Gillian Ranson is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Calgary, Canada. She has previously published in the areas of gender, families and paid employment including (2010).