{"product_id":"globalized-fatherhood-9781785333408","title":"Globalized Fatherhood","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tUsing an entirely new conceptual vocabulary through which to understand men’s experiences and expectations at the dawn of the twenty-first century, this path-breaking volume focuses on fatherhood around the globe, including transformations in fathering, fatherhood, and family life. It includes new work by anthropologists, sociologists, and cultural geographers, working in settings from Peru to India to Vietnam. Each chapter suggests that men are responding to globalization \u003cem\u003eas fathers \u003c\/em\u003ein creative and unprecedented ways, not only in the West, but also in numerous global locations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“To understand and explain how fatherhood is conceptualized, defined, and practiced in other regions, many of the contributors introduce new vocabularies and novel theories over the course of the 16 chapters across eight distinct parts of this volume… The result is a timely contribution that illustrates vividly how fatherhood is socially and culturally constructed, altered, contested, and, ultimately, enacted and practiced.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e · Choice\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“The work is a welcome contribution to the study of men and reproduction, with special attention to changing identities and roles in an increasingly globalized world. It serves as a call for more research towards and stronger conceptual frameworks for understanding fatherhood.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e· Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This intriguing [and comprehensive] collection of essays on the way men from different geographical settings and cultural contexts engage in fatherhood is intended to fill a gap in social science literature, where women have overwhelmingly been the focus of attention…[It] will be appreciated not only by kinship, gender and family studies scholars but also by anyone interested in contemporary ethnographic anthropology.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e· Anthropological Notebooks\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Thanks to\u003c\/em\u003e Globalized Fatherhood \u003cem\u003ewe now have a benchmark set of studies with which to further build the theory necessary to study men in relation to children and mothers, as well as a splendid collection of essays each of which reveals common, unique, and often surprising ways of being fathers today, that is fatherhood in all its contradictory and mutable variations.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e· Global Public Health\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“\u003c\/em\u003eGlobalized Fatherhood\u003cem\u003e, with its 16 chapters and original research on fatherhood (and related topics) from more than 20 countries comes at an opportune time. This impressive volume,…  covers a lot of ground…[It] is an ambitious offering that hits the mark in most of its chapters, and advances the research in a field that is sadly lacking in it. May there be more volumes on the topic –by these authors, and many others.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e · Gender \u0026amp; Development\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“The book provides manifold empirical and ethnographic insights into the ways in which men around the globe think of and enact fatherhood and into how different historical, national, global, societal and cultural conditions shape men’s possibilities of becoming and being fathers. The book convincingly shows that fatherhood is closely related to family life, kinship concerns, marriage, parenthood, partnership, gender identity, sexuality and class.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e · Tine Tjørnhøj-Thomsen\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of Southern Denmark\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“The editors have done an excellent job of uniting an exciting collection of international contributions which collectively illuminate the concept of globalized fatherhood. The proposed ‘new vocabulary’ for discussing transformations in fatherhood and masculinity will be of interest to those working on men, gender, infertility, parenting and health in a wide range of disciplines.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e · Nicky Hudson\u003c\/strong\u003e, De Montfort University\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“A strikingly rich analysis of how fatherhood is culturally constructed and enacted across the world. It not only tells us about the intimate sphere of men’s lives as fathers and how they interact with their children, partners, hoped for and lost children, but also how studying fatherhood offers a fascinating window on broader social change across different societies.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e · Maria Lohan\u003c\/strong\u003e, Queen’s University Belfast\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Tables and Figures\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/strong\u003e Globalized Fatherhood: Emergent Forms and Possibilities in the New Millennium\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMarcia C. Inhorn, Wendy Chavkin, and José-Alberto Navarro\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART I: CORPORATE FATHERHOOD\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Corporate Father\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJude Browne\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2. \u003c\/strong\u003eHiding Fatherhood in Corporate Japan\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eScott North\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART II: TRANSNATIONAL FATHERHOOD\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3. \u003c\/strong\u003eTransnational Fathers, Good Providers, and the Silences of Adoption\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJessaca Leinaweaver\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4. \u003c\/strong\u003eLong-Distance Fathers, Left-Behind Fathers, and Returnee Fathers: Changing Fathering Practices in Indonesia and the Philippines\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eBrenda S. A. Yeoh and Theodora Lam\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART III: PRIMARY CARE FATHERHOOD\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5. \u003c\/strong\u003eWhen the Pillar of the Home is Shaking: Female Labor Migration and Stay-at-home Fathers in Vietnam\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eVu Thi Thao\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e On Fatherhood in a Conflict Zone: Gaza Fathers and their Children’s Cancer Treatments\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eDaphna Birenbaum-Carmeli, Yana Diamand, and Maram Abu Yaman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART IV: CLINICAL FATHERHOOD\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7. \u003c\/strong\u003eEnhancing Fathering through Medical Research Participation in Mexico\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eEmily Wentzell\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe High-Tech Homunculus: New Science, Old Constructs\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eLinda G. Kahn and Wendy Chavkin\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART V: INFERTILE FATHERHOOD\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9. \u003c\/strong\u003eAssumed, Promised, Forbidden: Infertility, IVF, and Fatherhood in Turkey\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eZeynep B. Gürtin\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10. \u003c\/strong\u003eNew Arab Fatherhood: Emergent Masculinities and Assisted Reproduction\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMarcia C. Inhorn\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART VI: GAY\/SURROGATE FATHERHOOD\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11. \u003c\/strong\u003eRelating across International Borders: Gay Men Forming Families through Overseas Surrogacy\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eDeborah Dempsey\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 12.\u003c\/strong\u003e Conceiving Fatherhood: Gay Men and Indian Surrogate Mother\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eSharmila Rudrappa\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART VII: AMBIVALENT FATHERHOOD\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 13. \u003c\/strong\u003eFatherhood, Companionate Marriage, and the Contradictions of Masculinity in Nigeria\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eDaniel Jordan Smith\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 14.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Four Faces of Iranian Fatherhood\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eSoraya Tremayne\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART VIII: IMPERILED FATHERHOOD\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 15.\u003c\/strong\u003e “Bare Sticks” and Other Dangers to the Social Body Assembling Fatherhood in China\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eSusan Greenhalgh\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 16.\u003c\/strong\u003e Paternity Poisoned: The Impact of Gulf War Syndrome on Fatherhood\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eSusie Kilshaw\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tList of Contributors\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042388214103,"sku":"9781785333408","price":30.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781785333408.jpg?v=1750954011","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/globalized-fatherhood-9781785333408","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}