How is a Man Supposed to be a Man?

Male Childlessness – a Life Course Disrupted

Robin A Hadley (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

394 Seiten

2021
Berghahn Books (Verlag)
978-1-80073-187-5 (ISBN)

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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.

Robin A Hadley is an independent research consultant who has conducted research with the Open University and Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) where he is an associate lecturer.

List of Illustrations

Foreword

Graham Handley

Acknowledgements

List of 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

Erscheinungsdatum	24.08.2021
Reihe/Serie	Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural Perspectives
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	1-80073-187-6 / 1800731876
ISBN-13	978-1-80073-187-5 / 9781800731875
Zustand	Neuware