Men, Fathering and the Gender Trap

Bibliographic Data

ID19901129
AuthorsKatarzyna Suwada (0000-0001-8785-855X, Nicolaus Copernicus University, corresponding author)
Year2017
Publication date2017-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueMen, Fathering and the Gender Trap (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherSpringer International Publishing (PUBLISHER • SG)
DOI10.1007/978-3-319-47782-4
OpenAlexW2589838915
ISBN9783319477824
Open LibraryOL29192783M
LanguageEN
Citations received12

This book provides an account of fatherhood and changing parental roles in Sweden and Poland. It uses a comparative perspective to show what men understand a father's role to be, and how they seek to live up to it. Fathering, the author argues, is a social phenomenon grounded in cultural patterns of parenting, gender roles and models of masculinity, and also shaped by family policy. Being a father today, she demonstrates, is longer connected solely with being the main breadwinner. Rather, it has become increasingly common for fathers to take on duties traditionally regarded as the domain of women. This means that men often face conflicting expectations based on different models of fatherhood. The aim of this thought-provoking book is to track these models, analysing their origins and their consequences for gender order. It will appeal to students and scholars of gender studies, the sociology of families and social policy studies

Art · Developmental psychology · Geography · Perspective (graphical) · Sociology · Trap (plumbing) · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Psychology · Work-Family Balance Challenges · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics · Father and child · Fatherhood · Poland · Social conditions · Social structure · Sweden

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