Record Nr.

UNINA9910739467403321

Autore

Gallais Catherine

Titolo

Fatherhood and Masculinities : Intersections of Care, Bodies and Race / / by Catherine Gallais

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2023

ISBN

9783031341328

3031341325

Edizione

[1st ed. 2023.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (290 pages)

Collana

Genders and Sexualities in the Social Sciences, , 2947-8790

Disciplina

306.8742097471

Soggetti

Men

Sociology

Social groups

Sex

Race

Human body - Social aspects

Anthropology

Mens' Studies

Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging

Gender Studies

Race and Ethnicity Studies

Sociology of the Body

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction: Fathering Across the Five Boroughs -- 2. Learning to be Primary Caregivers -- 3. Work, Caring Masculinities, and Fatherhood -- 4. Everyday Caring Practices and Men's Bodies -- 5. Fatherhood, Masculinity, and Racism. - 6. Conclusion: Fatherhood, Race, and Gender.

Sommario/riassunto

Based on novel ethnographic research conducted in New York City, this book explores through the lens of intersectionality how gender impacts men’s experiences of full-time fatherhood, as well as how sexuality, race, class, faith, and so on result in unequal access to choices and

opportunities as parents. Chapters analyze how perspectives on caregiving are complicated by varying cultural, gendered, and racialized stereotypes and representations that pull different fathers toward or push them away from particular models of fatherhood in an urban context. Additionally, the author interrogates how societal conceptions of men’s bodies also play a role in how men understand their experiences of fatherhood. This book will be of interest to scholars and students studying gender, masculinity, and fatherhood. Dr. Catherine Gallais has a doctorate in Anthropology, Sociology, and Gender Studies and specialises in fatherhood and masculinities. She is an associate memberof the research unit Laboratoire interdisciplinaire en études culturelles (LinCS – UMR 7069) and a lecturer at the University of Strasbourg in France. Her scholarly interests are centered on issues of social justice, intersectionality, race and racism, practices of care and embodiment, always in relation to men, masculinities, and fatherhood. She has published book chapters and journal articles on men, masculinities, and care.