The Awkward Spaces of Fathering

The Awkward Spaces of Fathering
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 268
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ISBN-10 : 9781317040781
ISBN-13 : 1317040783
Rating : 4/5 (81 Downloads)

Synopsis The Awkward Spaces of Fathering by : Stuart C. Aitken

Societal notions of fathers have evolved from the distant breadwinner through genial dad and masculine role model to today's equal co-parent. This book seeks to explore the spaces and movements of men-as-fathers. Weaving together theories of space, sexuality and political identity with the stories of fathers from a range of sources, including popular culture, it discusses the way in which geographies of space can disconnect and disempower fathers, while societal notions marginalize and disassociate them from raising children. It explores how fathering identities are shaped by family and community spaces and aims to move the definition of 'fathering' beyond its definition in opposition to 'mothering'. In doing so, it provides insights into the contradictory nature of father's lives and argues that, rather than moving away from the traditional notions of masculine roles, that the emotional work of fathering in itself is an heroic act.

The Awkward Spaces of Fathering

The Awkward Spaces of Fathering
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Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Total Pages : 269
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ISBN-10 : 9781409488095
ISBN-13 : 1409488098
Rating : 4/5 (95 Downloads)

Synopsis The Awkward Spaces of Fathering by : Professor Stuart C Aitken

Societal notions of fathers have evolved from the distant breadwinner through genial dad and masculine role model to today's equal co-parent. This book seeks to explore the spaces and movements of men-as-fathers. Weaving together theories of space, sexuality and political identity with the stories of fathers from a range of sources, including popular culture, it discusses the way in which geographies of space can disconnect and disempower fathers, while societal notions marginalize and disassociate them from raising children. It explores how fathering identities are shaped by family and community spaces and aims to move the definition of 'fathering' beyond its definition in opposition to 'mothering'. In doing so, it provides insights into the contradictory nature of father's lives and argues that, rather than moving away from the traditional notions of masculine roles, that the emotional work of fathering in itself is an heroic act.

Spaces of Masculinities

Spaces of Masculinities
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 253
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ISBN-10 : 9781134399185
ISBN-13 : 1134399189
Rating : 4/5 (85 Downloads)

Synopsis Spaces of Masculinities by : Kathrin Hörschelmann

Changing circumstances in Western and global societies have introduced new constraints and opportunities for men and the formation of male identities. Meanwhile, the emerging diversity of 'atypical' identities ('atypical' when compared with traditional conceptions of middle-class, white, heterosexual men) poses new challenges for the production and use of spaces. Spaces of Masculinities provides a comprehensive introduction to the innovative and diverse research on spaces of masculinity. Drawing on a variety of geographical research projects, the central concern of the book is to highlight the significance of research on masculinity in sociological and geographical work dealing with constructions of gender.

Muslim Fathers and Mistrusted Masculinity in Danish Schools

Muslim Fathers and Mistrusted Masculinity in Danish Schools
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Publisher : Springer Nature
Total Pages : 269
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ISBN-10 : 9783031216268
ISBN-13 : 3031216261
Rating : 4/5 (68 Downloads)

Synopsis Muslim Fathers and Mistrusted Masculinity in Danish Schools by : Anne Hovgaard Jørgensen

This book seeks to provide a deeper understanding of Muslim migrant fathers’ experiences of home-school cooperation in Danish schools by identifying and contradicting a phenomenon of “mistrusted masculinity.” This term refers to a negative stereotype of Muslim migrant men that figures in political and media rhetoric where they are portrayed as controlling and patriarchal. Throughout the ethnography, migrant fathers confront this stereotype and express how they must navigate around this negative image in their struggle to be acknowledged as good fathers by their children’s schools. Jørgensen uses Geertzian “thick description” of micro-interaction between fathers and Danish teachers to explore the complex interplay of often-untested assumptions, misunderstandings, and untoward effects.

Reclaiming Cities as Spaces of Middle Class Parenthood

Reclaiming Cities as Spaces of Middle Class Parenthood
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 178
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ISBN-10 : 9789811090103
ISBN-13 : 9811090106
Rating : 4/5 (03 Downloads)

Synopsis Reclaiming Cities as Spaces of Middle Class Parenthood by : Johanna Lilius

For nearly a century families have been out-migrating to suburbs and peri-urban areas. In this book, Johanna Lilius conceptualizes the relatively recent phenomenon of families choosing to live in the inner city. Drawing on a range of qualitative data, the book offers a holistic approach to simultaneously understanding changes within parenting practices and changes connected to city development. The book explains not only why families choose to stay in the inner city and how they use the city in their everyday lives, but also how families change the landscape of contemporary cities, and how the family is, and has been, perceived in urban planning and policy-making. The Nordic perspective provided by Lilius makes this book an important contribution in helping understand inner city change outside the Anglo-American context, and will appeal to an international audience.

International Encyclopedia of Human Geography

International Encyclopedia of Human Geography
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Publisher : Elsevier
Total Pages : 7278
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ISBN-10 : 9780081022962
ISBN-13 : 0081022964
Rating : 4/5 (62 Downloads)

Synopsis International Encyclopedia of Human Geography by :

International Encyclopedia of Human Geography, Second Edition, Fourteen Volume Set embraces diversity by design and captures the ways in which humans share places and view differences based on gender, race, nationality, location and other factors—in other words, the things that make people and places different. Questions of, for example, politics, economics, race relations and migration are introduced and discussed through a geographical lens. This updated edition will assist readers in their research by providing factual information, historical perspectives, theoretical approaches, reviews of literature, and provocative topical discussions that will stimulate creative thinking. Presents the most up-to-date and comprehensive coverage on the topic of human geography Contains extensive scope and depth of coverage Emphasizes how geographers interact with, understand and contribute to problem-solving in the contemporary world Places an emphasis on how geography is relevant in a social and interdisciplinary context

New Fathers? Contemporary American Stories of Masculinity, Domesticity and Kinship

New Fathers? Contemporary American Stories of Masculinity, Domesticity and Kinship
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Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages : 165
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ISBN-10 : 9781443825948
ISBN-13 : 1443825948
Rating : 4/5 (48 Downloads)

Synopsis New Fathers? Contemporary American Stories of Masculinity, Domesticity and Kinship by : Helena Wahlström

What do novels such as Annie Proulx’s The Shipping News, Michael Cunningham’s A Home at the End of the World, and Jayne Anne Phillips’ MotherKind have in common with films such as Smoke and Mrs Doubtfire? This study explores the intersection of masculinity and domesticity in contemporary film and literature. It argues that these texts, produced since the 1990s, address with some urgency the notion of “new fatherhood” in the United States. They offer explorations of the idea that American fatherhood around the turn of the twenty-first century is changing, and they problematize the legitimacy of “new fathers” and “alternative families” in a national culture where the “old” patriarch and the nuclear family still often loom large in the imagination of many Americans.

Deep Maps and Spatial Narratives

Deep Maps and Spatial Narratives
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Publisher : Indiana University Press
Total Pages : 254
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ISBN-10 : 9780253015679
ISBN-13 : 0253015677
Rating : 4/5 (79 Downloads)

Synopsis Deep Maps and Spatial Narratives by : David J. Bodenhamer

Deep maps are finely detailed, multimedia depictions of a place and the people, buildings, objects, flora, and fauna that exist within it and which are inseparable from the activities of everyday life. These depictions may encompass the beliefs, desires, hopes, and fears of residents and help show what ties one place to another. A deep map is a way to engage evidence within its spatio-temporal context and to provide a platform for a spatially-embedded argument. The essays in this book investigate deep mapping and the spatial narratives that stem from it. The authors come from a variety of disciplines: history, religious studies, geography and geographic information science, and computer science. Each applies the concepts of space, time, and place to problems central to an understanding of society and culture, employing deep maps to reveal the confluence of actions and evidence and to trace paths of intellectual exploration by making use of a new creative space that is visual, structurally open, multi-media, and multi-layered.

Choice

Choice
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 632
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ISBN-10 : UCSC:32106019978219
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Rating : 4/5 (19 Downloads)

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