Lucy Hadfield
Biographic Data
| ID | 383347 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lucy Hadfield |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lucy |
| FAMILY NAME | Hadfield |
| SIGNATURE | HADFIELD L |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Open University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 30 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Stepfathering
Stepfamilies are becoming increasingly common in contemporary developed societies, with the vast majority (in heterosexual families) comprising a stepfather who has partnered and formed a (married or cohabiting) household with a biological mother and her resident children. The rise in stepfather households, however, occurs in an institutional context where legislation in many countries has shifted towards the view that bringing up children, and f…
Acting up and acting out: Encountering Children in a Longitudinal Study of Mothering
Despite a proliferation of research exploring children's lives and relationships over the past two decades, there is a notable absence of research which explores family relationships from the perspective of very young children (age 0-3). This article reports on data emerging from a study of new mothering with a particular focus on very young children's active engagement with wider family narratives. The study employs a qualitative longitudinal de…
Christian Action and Black Consciousness Community Programmes in South Africa
Many scholars have examined the relationship between Black Theology and Black Consciousness in South Africa in the late 1960s and 1970s. This article analyses another Christian link. It argues that ecumenical organisations (such as the Christian Institute and the South African Council of Churches), foreign churches, radical priests, and local parishes occupied a position in society that allowed them to give significant material support to the Bla…
Making modern mothers
What does motherhood mean today? Drawing on interviews with new mothers and intergenerational chains of women in the same family, this exciting and timely book documents the transition to motherhood over generations and time. Exploring, amongst other things, the trend to later motherhood and the experience of teenage pregnancy, a compelling picture emerges. Becoming a mother is not only a profound moment of identity change but also a site of soci…
Conviviality and Maternity: Anticipating Childbirth and Negotiating Intergenerational Difference
Stepfathering
Stepfamilies are becoming increasingly common in contemporary developed societies, with the vast majority (in heterosexual families) comprising a stepfather who has partnered and formed a (married or cohabiting) household with a biological mother and her resident children. The rise in stepfather households, however, occurs in an institutional context where legislation in many countries has shifted towards the view that bringing up children, and f…
Motherhood, choice and the British media: A time to reflect
In this paper we ask: How is motherhood being represented in the British media, especially in relation to choice, age and fertility? Do media discourses reflect a redefinition or transformation of 'motherhood' in the twenty-first century, and what implications do they have for feminist research into maternal identity and motherhood? As three Ph.D. students from The Open University, all working on different aspects of motherhood, we examine and di…
Sibling Identity and Relationships: Sisters and Brothers
Sibling Identity and Relationships explores the special place that siblings occupy in the lives of children and young people, providing new insights into sibling identity and relationships. Drawing on social constructionist and psychodynamic perspectives, it discusses who constitutes a sibling, emotional connections and separations, conflict and aggression and how siblings construct and conduct their relationship out of the home, at school and in…
Children’s sibling relationships and gendered practices: Talk, activity and dealing with change
This article addresses children’s sibling relationships as a site of social learning involving the (re)production of femininity and masculinity, drawing on in‐depth qualitative interviews with children aged 8–12. We begin by noting the lack of focus on gender in the majority of previous work on siblings. After introducing our own study, we look at the ways in which children understood their siblings in relation to themselves, highlighting points …
Children’s sibling relationships and gendered practices: Talk, activity and dealing with change
This article addresses children’s sibling relationships as a site of social learning involving the (re)production of femininity and masculinity, drawing on in‐depth qualitative interviews with children aged 8–12. We begin by noting the lack of focus on gender in the majority of previous work on siblings. After introducing our own study, we look at the ways in which children understood their siblings in relation to themselves, highlighting points …
Motherhood, choice and the British media: A time to reflect
In this paper we ask: How is motherhood being represented in the British media, especially in relation to choice, age and fertility? Do media discourses reflect a redefinition or transformation of 'motherhood' in the twenty-first century, and what implications do they have for feminist research into maternal identity and motherhood? As three Ph.D. students from The Open University, all working on different aspects of motherhood, we examine and di…
Acting up and acting out: Encountering Children in a Longitudinal Study of Mothering
Despite a proliferation of research exploring children's lives and relationships over the past two decades, there is a notable absence of research which explores family relationships from the perspective of very young children (age 0-3). This article reports on data emerging from a study of new mothering with a particular focus on very young children's active engagement with wider family narratives. The study employs a qualitative longitudinal de…
Conviviality and Maternity: Anticipating Childbirth and Negotiating Intergenerational Difference
Children’s sibling relationships and gendered practices: Talk, activity and dealing with change
This article addresses children’s sibling relationships as a site of social learning involving the (re)production of femininity and masculinity, drawing on in‐depth qualitative interviews with children aged 8–12. We begin by noting the lack of focus on gender in the majority of previous work on siblings. After introducing our own study, we look at the ways in which children understood their siblings in relation to themselves, highlighting points …
Sibling Identity and Relationships: Sisters and Brothers
Sibling Identity and Relationships explores the special place that siblings occupy in the lives of children and young people, providing new insights into sibling identity and relationships. Drawing on social constructionist and psychodynamic perspectives, it discusses who constitutes a sibling, emotional connections and separations, conflict and aggression and how siblings construct and conduct their relationship out of the home, at school and in…
Stepfathering
Stepfamilies are becoming increasingly common in contemporary developed societies, with the vast majority (in heterosexual families) comprising a stepfather who has partnered and formed a (married or cohabiting) household with a biological mother and her resident children. The rise in stepfather households, however, occurs in an institutional context where legislation in many countries has shifted towards the view that bringing up children, and f…
Motherhood, choice and the British media: A time to reflect
In this paper we ask: How is motherhood being represented in the British media, especially in relation to choice, age and fertility? Do media discourses reflect a redefinition or transformation of 'motherhood' in the twenty-first century, and what implications do they have for feminist research into maternal identity and motherhood? As three Ph.D. students from The Open University, all working on different aspects of motherhood, we examine and di…
Conviviality and Maternity: Anticipating Childbirth and Negotiating Intergenerational Difference
Christian Action and Black Consciousness Community Programmes in South Africa
Many scholars have examined the relationship between Black Theology and Black Consciousness in South Africa in the late 1960s and 1970s. This article analyses another Christian link. It argues that ecumenical organisations (such as the Christian Institute and the South African Council of Churches), foreign churches, radical priests, and local parishes occupied a position in society that allowed them to give significant material support to the Bla…
Making modern mothers
What does motherhood mean today? Drawing on interviews with new mothers and intergenerational chains of women in the same family, this exciting and timely book documents the transition to motherhood over generations and time. Exploring, amongst other things, the trend to later motherhood and the experience of teenage pregnancy, a compelling picture emerges. Becoming a mother is not only a profound moment of identity change but also a site of soci…
Acting up and acting out: Encountering Children in a Longitudinal Study of Mothering
Despite a proliferation of research exploring children's lives and relationships over the past two decades, there is a notable absence of research which explores family relationships from the perspective of very young children (age 0-3). This article reports on data emerging from a study of new mothering with a particular focus on very young children's active engagement with wider family narratives. The study employs a qualitative longitudinal de…
Stepfathering
Stepfamilies are becoming increasingly common in contemporary developed societies, with the vast majority (in heterosexual families) comprising a stepfather who has partnered and formed a (married or cohabiting) household with a biological mother and her resident children. The rise in stepfather households, however, occurs in an institutional context where legislation in many countries has shifted towards the view that bringing up children, and f…
Gender Studies (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · History (3 works) · Social science (3 works)