The History of Fatherhood in Norway, 1850–2012 [electronic resource] /
Lorentzen, J.author.
The first study of its kind, this book traces 150 years of the history of fatherhood in Scandinavia and shows how Scandinavian gender equality policy has important implications for the rest of the world. Among other interesting findings, Lorentzen reveals that the modern-day rise in equality fathering can be traced back to the 19th century.
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Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Note from the Series Editors; Foreword; Introduction; Research on Fathers; Part I 1850-1927; The Patriarchal Father at the Hearth; Separate Spheres; Father's Involvement during the Birth; Father as the Dearest Company; The Home as Man's Refuge; Quantity of Time; The Distant and Authoritarian Father; Early Changes in Gendered Relationships; Ibsen and Fatherhood; The Patriarchal Father; The Fallen Father; The Loving Father; The Father's Declining Presence in the Home; Part II 1927-1970
The Golden Age of the Housewife and the Banishment of the Father from the HomeThe Era of the Housewife Reaches Its Highpoint; Optimism about the Future in the Absence of the Father; The Father as a Laughing Stock; Murmurings of Criticism about the Father's Absence; Sigurd Hoel's Culturally Pessimistic Family Revolt; The Heterosexual Harmony; Part III 1970-2012; The New Father and the Democratization of Intimacy; Fatherly Feelings; A New Trend-"Dad Books"; Men as Humorists; Men's Differences; The Similarities in Fathers' Practice; Recent Research on Fathers
Political Initiative to Strengthen the Father's Nurturing RoleAbsent Fathers in the Era of Fatherly Intimacy; The Great Fatherhood Paradox; My Struggle: The Struggle over Fatherhood; The Opening; Masculine Inadequacy and the Fear of the Feminine; Afterword; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The first study of its kind, this book traces 150 years of the history of fatherhood in Scandinavia and shows how Scandinavian gender equality policy has important implications for the rest of the world. Among other interesting findings, Lorentzen reveals that the modern-day rise in equality fathering can be traced back to the 19th century.
Sociology.
Cultural studies.
Social groups.
Family.
Area studies.
Culture—Study and teaching.
Literature.
Gender Studies.
Cultural Studies.
Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging.
Area Studies.
Cultural and Media Studies, general.
Literature, general.