Fatherhood is gaining ever more public and political attention,
stimulated by the increasing prominence of fathers' rights groups
and the introduction of social policies, such as paternity leave.
Intimate Fatherhood explores discourses of contemporary fatherhood,
men's parenting behaviour and debates about fathers' rights and
responsibilities.
The book addresses the extent to which fatherhood has changed by
examining key dichotomies - culture versus conduct, involved versus
uninvolved and public versus private. The book also looks at
longstanding conundrums such as the apparent discrepancy between
fathers' acceptance of long hours spent in paid work combined with
a preference for involved fathering. Dermott maintains that our
current view of good fatherhood is related to new ideas of
intimacy. She argues that in order to understand contemporary
fatherhood, we must recognise the centrality of the emotional
father-child relationship, that the importance of breadwinning has
been overstated and that flexible involvement is viewed as more
important than the amount of time spent in childcare.
Drawing on original qualitative interviews and large-scale
quantitative research, Intimate Fatherhood presents a sociological
analysis of contemporary fatherhood in Britain by exploring our
ideas of good fatherhood in relation to time use, finance, emotion,
motherhood and policy debates. This book will interest students,
academics and researchers in sociology, gender studies and social
policy.
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