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Author King, Laura, author

Title Family men : fatherhood and masculinity in Britain, 1914-1960 / Laura King
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
Contents ""Cover""; ""Family Men""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""1 Introduction""; ""Changing Fatherhood in a Changing Context""; ""The Historiographical Landscape""; ""Sources and Methodology""; ""Summary""; ""2 �Brought Me Anything, Dad?� The Father as Provider""; ""Breadwinning""; ""Failing to Provide""; ""Providing Education""; ""Providing for the Future""; ""Pocket Money, Presents, and Sweets""; ""Conclusion""; ""3 �Wait Till Your Father Gets Home�? The Father�s Roles in the Family""; ""Entertaining""; ""Developing Characters""
""The Absence of Paternal Influence""""Disciplining and Punishing""; ""Helping""; ""Conclusion""; ""4 A Good Pal? Fathers� Emotional Relationships""; ""A New Psychological Meaning to the Parent�Child Relationship""; ""An Important Experience?""; ""Difficult Emotions and Relationships""; ""Love and Affection""; ""Feeling and Framing Emotions""; ""A New Balance�Friendship""; ""Conclusion""; ""5 Master of the House? The Father�s Position, Power, and Authority""; ""The Distant Father or Head of Household?""; ""Authority within the Family""; ""Authority and the Family Budget""
""The Father and the Family Hierarchy""""A Family Member?""; ""Conclusion""; ""6 Performing Fatherhood and Masculinity:Â Parenting and Gender Identities""; ""Proving Masculinity by Providing""; ""The Identities of Fatherhood in Private and Public""; ""Masculine Status:Â Virility, Paternity, and Sexuality""; ""Challenging Masculinity:Â Gender Boundaries of Parenting""; ""Masculinity in Private and Public""; ""Conclusion""; ""Conclusion:Â Changing Fathers, Changing Men?""; ""Fatherhood and Masculinity""; ""A National, Prescriptive, and Psychology-Influenced Culture""; ""Family and Society""
Fatherhood in the Twentieth Century and BeyondAppendix -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary An academic study of fathers and families in the period from the First World War to the end of the 1950s, suggesting that though the roles and responsibilities fulfilled by men did not shift rapidly, their relationships, position in the family, and identities underwent significant changes
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from home page (viewed on January 20, 2015)
Subject Fatherhood -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
Men -- Identity.
Masculinity -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
Nuclear families.
Families.
Fathers -- history
Family
Family Relations
Nuclear Family
Nuclear families
Families
Fatherhood
Masculinity
Men -- Identity
Social conditions
SUBJECT Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056944
Subject Great Britain
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780191753022
0191753025
9780191662522
0191662526
0199674906
9780199674909