Individualization and contemporary fatherhood

Abstract: Objective: This article explores dilemmas related to contemporary fatherhood and discusses how theories of individualization enable the understanding of social change and family life. Background: Theories on modernization argue that ongoing processes of individualization challenge researchers to reinvent key concepts in family sociology. The concept of intimate fatherhood allows for the exploration of men’s family practices and presents a basis for understanding what modernization means for contemporary parenthood. Intimate fatherhood can be further theorized through empirically sensitive approaches in the study of everyday family life. Method: Drawing on data from a mixed-method longitudinal study comprising four waves of data from the 1968 cohort in Denmark (n = 1,414), the study analyzes qualitative interviews from the second and fourth waves. Social psychological discourse analysis of the interviews is used to explore the participants' family practices. Results: The analysis ex.... https://ubp.uni-bamberg.de/jfr/index.php/jfr/article/view/823

Standort
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Umfang
Online-Ressource
Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Individualization and contemporary fatherhood ; volume:35 ; year:2023
Journal of family research ; 35 (2023)

Urheber
Westerling, Allan

DOI
10.20377/jfr-823-724
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2023090620440670461634
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  • Westerling, Allan

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