Fathers and sons : generations, families and migration /

This book explores how Masculinities and Fatherhood are transmitted The family across generations of white British, Irish and Polish fathers. Providing unique insights into men's lives, migration, employment, father-son relationships and intergenerational transmission, it offers a rich Methodol...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brannen, Julia (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Language Notes:Text in English.
Published: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Series:Palgrave Macmillan studies in family and intimate life.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Researching intergenerational families : conceptual and methodological matters
  • Encounters with respondents : notes from the field
  • Contexts and experiences of migration : fathers and grandfathers (with violetta parutis)
  • Fatherhood and employment across the generations (with ann mooney)
  • Fathers and sons : relationships and ambivalences
  • Fatherhood and intergenerational transmission
  • Fatherhood, time and the perspectives of children and young people with (valerie wigfall)
  • Conclusions and reflections.