Constructing fatherhood
Subtitle: discourses and experiences
By: Deborah Lupton and Lesley Barclay.
Contributors: Barclay, Lesley.
Publisher: SAGE
Published: 1997
Place of publication: London; Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
Subjects: Fathers.; Fatherhood.
Description: This work provides an interdisciplinary analysis of the social, cultural and symbolic meanings of fatherhood in contemporary Western societies. The authors draw in poststructuralist theory to analyze the ways that fatherhood is represented in "expert" literature and in the mass media.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [158]-169) and index.