Do you guys take showers with your children? Gendered Embodiment and the Legitimation of Italian Fathering Practices
Articolo
Data di Pubblicazione:
2021
Citazione:
Do you guys take showers with your children? Gendered Embodiment and the Legitimation of Italian Fathering Practices / E. Mercuri. - In: MEN AND MASCULINITIES. - ISSN 1097-184X. - 24:2(2021 Jun), pp. 1097184X20976722.289-1097184X20976722.306. [10.1177/1097184X20976722]
Abstract:
This work aims at investigating gendered embodiment in fathering practices in a national
context, Italy, where understandings of fatherhood, at the institutional as well as the
individual level, are still more centered on the provider ideal than on a model of nurturing
and caring fatherhood. This qualitative research on Italian first-time fathers of children
under three years old focused on men’s participation in routine, instrumental and material
childcare practices, exploring the potential for a transformation in both the meanings
attached to fatherhood as well as to aspects related to embodiment and constructions of
masculinity that sustain inequalities. The findings show that, while participation in hands-
on childcare plays an important role in the construction of intimate father-child
relationships, a legitimation of men’s bodies’ involvement in interaction with children is
still missing, especially for care practices that overlap with constructions of motherhood
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
fatherhood; masculinity; parenting; gendered embodiment; qualitative research
Elenco autori:
E. Mercuri
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