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- Title
"WHY AREN'T YOU AT WORK?": NEGOTIATING ECONOMIC MODELS OF FATHERING IDENTITY.
- Authors
SHIRANI, FIONA; HENWOOD, KAREN; COLTART, CARRIE
- Abstract
Much has been made of the apparent trend toward men's greater involvement in fatherhood, suggesting moves toward more egalitarian couple relationships characterised by greater role-sharing. Yet alongside this it has also been argued that the breadwinner/provider role remains central to men's fatherhood identity and continues to be underlined by current policy. That providing apparently remains a central aspect of successful fatherhood subsequently raises potential challenges for men who experience unemployment. Presenting illustrative case study data from a qualitative longitudinal study, we explore how changes in occupational trajectories away from models of full-time working outside of the home hold implications for men's sense of competence or vulnerability, and how provider and involved carer positions are intertwined in men's fatherhood identities.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; ATTITUDE (Psychology); FATHER-child relationship; FATHERHOOD; FATHERS; PSYCHOLOGY of fathers; GROUP identity; INTERVIEWING; LONGITUDINAL method; MARITAL status; CASE studies; PARENTING; RESEARCH funding; UNEMPLOYMENT; QUALITATIVE research; HOME environment; SELF-employment; THEMATIC analysis
- Publication
Fathering: A Journal of Theory, Research & Practice about Men as Fathers, 2012, Vol 10, Issue 3, p274
- ISSN
1537-6680
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3149/fth.1003.274