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Constructing fatherhood

Deborah Lupton

1997176 pagesabout 3–4 hours
1997
first published
  • 1997SAGE · 176 pages · ENGISBN 9780761953401

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.

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