Subjects Between Legacies
How Fathers Construct the Relation Between Their Childhood Past, the Present of Parenting, and Their Child(ren)'s Future
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2392087 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sharani Osborn (University of Edinburgh, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 333-349 |
| Publication date | 2020-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Research Online (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1360-7804 • E-ISSN: 1360-7804 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1360780419891176 |
| OpenAlex | W2995539486 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 25 |
This article brings to the discussion of change in the meaning and practice of fatherhood a consideration of fathers' position between generations and between legacies. Conceptualisations of temporality in the work of Schütz and Mead are applied in analysing a father's dual position, as both parent and child, as a particular instance of the subject's position in a present from which the relation between pasts and futures is (re-)constituted. Drawing on qualitative research with a diverse sample of 31 fathers, I argue that the responsibility to lay down a positive emotional and psychological legacy for their child draws fathers into an engagement with their own experience of being parented. The resources for interpretation, and even transformation, of a father's parenting heritage are situated in terms of contemporary discourses of fatherhood and family and of persistent inequalities in the conditions under which fatherhood is forged
Developmental psychology · Epistemology · Futures contract · Situated · Sociology · Temporality · Family Support in Illness · Gender Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology · Work-Family Balance Challenges · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |