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Constructing fatherhood : discourses and experiences / Deborah Lupton and Lesley Barclay.

By: Lupton, Deborah.
Contributor(s): Barclay, Lesley.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : SAGE, 1997Description: 176p ; 24cm.ISBN: 076195340X (m); 9780761953401; 0761953418 (v) (pbk.) :; 9780761953418.Subject(s): Father and child | Fatherhood | Family and Relationships | Cultural studies | Sociology & anthropology | Sociology: family & relationships | Gender studies, gender groupsDDC classification: 306.8742 LUP Summary: Constructing Fatherhood provides an innovative and interdisciplinary analysis of the social, cultural and symbolic meanings of fatherhood in contemporary Western societies.
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General lending MTU Kerry North Campus Library Ground Floor Main 306.8742 LUP (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 38888000040406
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

`It is a very impressive book. Its coverage of contemporary discourses of fatherhood is comprehensive. The theoretical stance is one that allows for complexity and fluidity. The authors write well, making even esoteric sociological and cultural theory accessible. I recommend it′ - British Journal of Social Work

Constructing Fatherhood provides an analysis of the social, cultural and symbolic meanings of fatherhood in contemporary western societies. The authors draw on poststructuralist theory to analyze the representation of fatherhood in the `expert′ literature of psychology, sociology and the health sciences, and in popular sources such as television, film, advertisements and child-care and parenting manuals and magazines. Men′s own accounts of first-time fatherhood are also drawn upon, including four individual case studies.

Bibliography: p158-169. - Includes index.

Constructing Fatherhood provides an innovative and interdisciplinary analysis of the social, cultural and symbolic meanings of fatherhood in contemporary Western societies.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Theorizing Fatherhood
  • Poststructuralist Perspectives
  • 'Expert' Discourses and the Construction of Fatherhood
  • Fatherhood in the Popular Media
  • Biographies of Fatherhood
  • Negotiating Fatherhood
  • Discourses and Experiences

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Deborah Lupton is SHARP professor in the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, UNSW Sydney, working in the Center for Social Research in Health and the Social Policy Research Center and leading the Vitalities Lab. She is the author/co-author of 17 books, the latest of which are Digital Sociology (Routledge, 2015), The Quantified Self (Polity, 2016), Digital Health (Routledge, 2017), Fat, 2nd edition (Routledge, 2018), and Data Selves (Polity, 2019). She is a fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia and holds an honorary doctor of social science degree awarded by the University of Copenhagen.
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