Negotiating fatherhood : sport and family practices / Thomas Fletcher.
| Author/creator | Fletcher, Thomas, 1984- author. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2020] |
| Description | 1 online resource (274 pages). |
| Supplemental Content | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Subjects |
| Series | Palgrave macmillan studies in family and intimate life Palgrave Macmillan studies in family and intimate life. ^A788200 |
| Contents | Intro; Acknowledgements; Contents; 1: Locating Sport in Family Practices; Locating Sport and Leisure; Locating Family Practices; Locating Sport and Leisure in Family Practices; The Aim; The Study; Gendered Parenting; Children; Migrant and Transnational Families; Intergenerational Approach; Chapter Outline; References; 2: Sport, Fathers and Fathering; Ideologies, Stereotypes and Fathering Practices; Fathers, Fathering Practices and Diversity; Non-resident Fathers; Black and Minoritised Ethnic Fathers; Gay Fathers; Fathering Through Sport and Leisure; Conclusion; References |
| Contents | 3: Getting into Sport culture and Sporty Families; The Value of Sport; Routes into Sport; Family Socialisation; School; The Community; Conclusion; References; 4: The 'Good Father'; Family Planning; Age and Maturity; Financially Ready; 'We Didn't Have a Plan'; Fathering Philosophies: Learning What (Not) to Do; Being There, Being Involved and Quality Time; Conclusion; References; 5: Fathering Practices, Sport and Children; Sons and Daughters; Daughters; Sons; Fathering Through Sport and Play; Conclusion; References; 6: The Extended Extended Family, Sport and Familial Relationships |
| Contents | Sport, Sport Clubs and Familial Relationships; Open, Welcoming and Family Oriented Club Spaces; 'My Sport Family'; Hub of the Community; Conclusion; References; 7: Family Practices and Youth Sport; Negotiating Involvement in Youth Sport; Watching and Being Watched; A Father's Responsibility?; Unsupportive Parents; Front Stage and Back Stage Practices; Conclusion; References; 8: Family Sport and the Sport Widow; The Juggling Act; Being and Feeling Supported; Uniting Families; Dividing Families; Sporting Guilt; Conclusion; References; 9: Conclusions; Negotiating Family and Fathering Practices |
| Contents | Contemporary Fathering (Practices)Sport and Family Life; Sport and Diverse Family Forms; What Next?; Conclusion; References; Index |
| Abstract | This book examines the tensions and ambivalences which men encounter as they negotiate contemporary expectations of fatherhood and fulfill their own expectations of what it means to be a 'good' father. There is little doubt that today's fathers are responding to new expectations about fatherhood and fathering practices. The remote, detached, breadwinning father of the past, once lauded as a masculine ideal, has faded, and men are now expected to be 'involved', 'intimate', 'caring' and 'domesticated' fathers. Using a family practices lens and a case study of sport, Fletcher elucidates the changes and continuities in family and fathering practices in different historical periods and contexts. Negotiating Fatherhood will be of interest to students and scholars with an interest in family and fathering practices, sport, leisure, and gender. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Source of description | Print version record. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Fletcher, Thomas. Negotiating Fatherhood : Sport and Family Practices. Cham : Palgrave Macmillan US, ©2019 9783030197834 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 3030197840 |
| ISBN | 9783030197841 (electronic bk.) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |