Fatherhood and masculinities : intersections of care, bodies and race / Catherine Gallais

By:

, Gallais, Catherine [author.]

Language: English Series: Genders and sexualities in the social sciencesPublication details: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2023.Description: xix, 280 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:

9783031341311

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DDC classification:

306.8742 GAL

Contents:

Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Book Abstract -- Contents -- About the Author -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- Chapter 1: Fathering Across Five Boroughs -- Fatherhood in the United States: Care, Bodies, and Race -- Fathers Through the Lens of Intersectionality -- Fathering in NYC: Some Explanation of the Context -- Introducing the Fathers -- Study Methods -- Book Outline -- References -- Chapter 2: Learning to be a Primary Caregiving Father -- Care Trajectories -- 'Carers by Choice' -- 'Carers by Circumstances/Necessity' -- 'Heroes' Versus 'Anomalies' -- 'Experts' Versus 'Apprentices' The 'Experts' -- A Discourse of 'Instincts' -- The Women as 'Gate Openers' -- The 'Apprentices' -- Frank: Between 'Expert' and 'Apprentice' -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3: Work, Caring Masculinities and the Work of Fatherhood -- The Decline of the Breadwinner Model -- The 'Working Fathers' -- The 'Work-from-Home Fathers' -- The 'Break-from-Work Fathers' -- Giving Up the Breadwinner Identity -- Ambivalent Feelings in Relation to Earning -- Childcare as 'Work' -- 'Professional Dads' -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 4: Practices of Care: The Embodiment of Fatherhood The Nature of Caregiving -- Care as an Embodied Practice -- Body Techniques -- Daddy Doing Hair -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 5: Fatherhood, Privilege, and Rac(e)ism -- Racecraft -- Race in New York City -- ____ While Black -- 'A Matter of Life and Death'9 -- The 'Talk' -- Parenting While Black -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 6: Imagining (New) Fathers -- At-Home Fathers, Whiteness, and Femininity -- Black, Middle-Class, Single Fatherhood -- (Imagined and Real) Parental Fears -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 7: Painting a Diverse Picture of Fathers The Issue of Whiteness -- Rethinking the 'New Father' -- Contributions and Relevance of the Study -- Gender, Care, Bodies -- Rethinking the "American Family" -- References -- Appendix -- References -- Index

Summary: Based on novel ethnographic research conducted in New York City, this book explores through the lens of intersectionality how gender impacts mens 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 mens 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 member of the research unit Laboratoire interdisciplinaire en tudes 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.

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Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
New Arrivals	Gulbanoo Premji Library of Azim Premji University, Bengaluru	1st Floor	306.8742 GAL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not for loan		51893

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Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references.

Intro --
Acknowledgments --
Book Abstract --
Contents --
About the Author --
Abbreviations --
List of Figures --
Chapter 1: Fathering Across Five Boroughs --
Fatherhood in the United States: Care, Bodies, and Race --
Fathers Through the Lens of Intersectionality --
Fathering in NYC: Some Explanation of the Context --
Introducing the Fathers --
Study Methods --
Book Outline --
References --
Chapter 2: Learning to be a Primary Caregiving Father --
Care Trajectories --
'Carers by Choice' --
'Carers by Circumstances/Necessity' --
'Heroes' Versus 'Anomalies' --
'Experts' Versus 'Apprentices' The 'Experts' --
A Discourse of 'Instincts' --
The Women as 'Gate Openers' --
The 'Apprentices' --
Frank: Between 'Expert' and 'Apprentice' --
Conclusions --
References --
Chapter 3: Work, Caring Masculinities and the Work of Fatherhood --
The Decline of the Breadwinner Model --
The 'Working Fathers' --
The 'Work-from-Home Fathers' --
The 'Break-from-Work Fathers' --
Giving Up the Breadwinner Identity --
Ambivalent Feelings in Relation to Earning --
Childcare as 'Work' --
'Professional Dads' --
Conclusions --
References --
Chapter 4: Practices of Care: The Embodiment of Fatherhood The Nature of Caregiving --
Care as an Embodied Practice --
Body Techniques --
Daddy Doing Hair --
Conclusions --
References --
Chapter 5: Fatherhood, Privilege, and Rac(e)ism --
Racecraft --
Race in New York City --
____ While Black --
'A Matter of Life and Death'9 --
The 'Talk' --
Parenting While Black --
Conclusions --
References --
Chapter 6: Imagining (New) Fathers --
At-Home Fathers, Whiteness, and Femininity --
Black, Middle-Class, Single Fatherhood --
(Imagined and Real) Parental Fears --
Conclusions --
References --
Chapter 7: Painting a Diverse Picture of Fathers The Issue of Whiteness --
Rethinking the 'New Father' --
Contributions and Relevance of the Study --
Gender, Care, Bodies --
Rethinking the "American Family" --
References --
Appendix --
References --
Index

Based on novel ethnographic research conducted in New York City, this book explores through the lens of intersectionality how gender impacts mens 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 mens 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 member of the research unit Laboratoire interdisciplinaire en tudes 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.

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