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Davis, Angela and King, Laura (2018) Gendered perspectives on men's changing familial roles in post-war England, c. 1950-1990. Gender and History, 30 (1). pp. 70-92. doi:10.1111/1468-0424.12333 ISSN 0953-5233.
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Official URL: http://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0424.12333
Abstract
This article examines the ways in which men and women remember men’s place in, and experiences of, family life in postwar England during a period when a new ideal of fatherhood arguably emerged. Based on forty-four oral history testimonies with men and women, this article adds a new dimension to existing literature in gender history by closely examining men and women’s perspectives on the same issues. Focusing on decisions around family planning, experiences of pregnancy and birth, and the division of labour in the home, the article analyses how men and women understood their respective roles as parents-to-be and as new parents; how they negotiated the expectations of those around them; and the extent to which the gendering of childcare responsibilities persisted in the decades between 1950 and 1990
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman | ||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > History | ||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Fatherhood -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century, Sex role, Men -- Social conditions, Women -- Social conditions, Families, Men -- Identity | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Gender and History | ||||||
Publisher: | Wiley Blackwell | ||||||
ISSN: | 0953-5233 | ||||||
Official Date: | 13 March 2018 | ||||||
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Volume: | 30 | ||||||
Number: | 1 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 70-92 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1111/1468-0424.12333 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 13 November 2017 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 13 March 2020 |
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