Artikel
Retrieving the father : gender studies, "father love" and the discourse of mothering
Verfasst von:
Chopra, Radhika
in:
Women's studies international forum
New York [u.a.]:
2001
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445 - 455 S.
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| Einrichtung: | Ariadne | Wien |
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| Verfasst von: | Chopra, Radhika |
| In: | Women's studies international forum |
| Jahr: | 2001 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| In this paper, I seek to examine the concept of "father love" to address the issue of muting the figure of the nurturing father within the gendered discourse of childcare. I reexamine "classic" ethnographies of family and kinship, and then explore the concept as represented and elaborated within popular films, which have global and local contexts. Through addressing issues of fathering and fathercare developed through visual media and child care practices, my attempt will be to reinscribe the father while simultaneously reflecting upon masculnity. I argue that it is through such reinscription that "phallocentric" masculinity is challenged by an emergent alternative, and the relation between women and mothering is sought to be redrawn. I also show that the shift is not one that seeks to reestablish "paternity" as a legalistic right, but rather to claim an entitlement to parenting and in the process create a nurturing masculinity and retrieve the father. | |
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