EAN: 9780230365377

THE NEW POLITICS OF FATHERHOOD - ANA JORDAN GEB...

This book makes a unique contribution to contemporary research into masculinities  men¿s
movements  and fathers¿ rights groups. It examines the role of changing masculinities in
creating equality and or reinforcing inequality by analysing diverse men¿s movements  their
politics  and the identities they (re)construct. Jordan advances a typology for categorising
men¿s movements (¿feminist'  ¿postfeminist'  and ¿backlash¿ movements) and addresses debates
over the construction of ¿masculinity-in-crisis¿  arguing that ¿crisis¿ is frequently invoked
in problematic ways. These themes are further explored through original analyses of material
produced by ¿feminist¿  ¿postfeminist¿  and ¿backlash¿ men¿s groups. The main empirical
contribution of the book draws on interviews with fathers¿ rights activists to explore the
(gendered) implications of the ¿new¿ politics of fatherhood. The nuanced examination of
fathers¿ rights perspectives reveals multiple  complex narratives of masculinity  fatherhood 
and gender politics. The cumulative effect of these is  at best  postfeminist and
depoliticising  and  at worst  another vitriolic ¿backlash¿.The New Politics of Fatherhood
expands scholarly understandings of gender  masculinities  and social movements in the
under-researched UK context  and will appeal to readers with interests in these areas.

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