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How is a Man Supposed to be a Man? : Male Childlessness – a Life Course Disrupted / Robin A Hadley.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural Perspectives ; 48Publisher: New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Description: 1 online resource (394 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781800731875
  • 9781800731882
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.874/2 23
LOC classification:
  • HQ756 .H3254 2021
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Contexts of Childlessness -- Chapter 2 Ageing and Male Involuntary Childlessness -- Chapter 3 Methodology, Method and Analysis -- Chapter 4 Pathways to Involuntary Childlessness -- Chapter 5 Negotiating Fatherhood -- Chapter 6 Relationships and Social Networks -- Chapter 7 Ageing without Children -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1 Pen Portraits, in Interview Order, and Interviewer Reflections -- Appendix 2 Interview Schedule – First Interview Guide -- Appendix 3 Interview Schedule – Second Interview Guide -- Glossary -- References -- Index
Summary: The global trend of declining fertility rates and an increasingly ageing population has serious implications for individuals and institutions alike. Childless men are mostly excluded from ageing, social science and reproduction scholarship and almost completely absent from most national statistics. This unique book examines the lived experiences of a hidden and disenfranchised population: men who wanted to be fathers. It explores the complex intersections that influence childlessness over the life course.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Contexts of Childlessness -- Chapter 2 Ageing and Male Involuntary Childlessness -- Chapter 3 Methodology, Method and Analysis -- Chapter 4 Pathways to Involuntary Childlessness -- Chapter 5 Negotiating Fatherhood -- Chapter 6 Relationships and Social Networks -- Chapter 7 Ageing without Children -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1 Pen Portraits, in Interview Order, and Interviewer Reflections -- Appendix 2 Interview Schedule – First Interview Guide -- Appendix 3 Interview Schedule – Second Interview Guide -- Glossary -- References -- Index

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The global trend of declining fertility rates and an increasingly ageing population has serious implications for individuals and institutions alike. Childless men are mostly excluded from ageing, social science and reproduction scholarship and almost completely absent from most national statistics. This unique book examines the lived experiences of a hidden and disenfranchised population: men who wanted to be fathers. It explores the complex intersections that influence childlessness over the life course.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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