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The New Politics of Fatherhood

Men's Movements and Masculinities

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  • © 2019

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Authors:
  1. Ana Jordan

    1. School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK

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  • Critically examines the nature and importance of men’s movements from a feminist perspective
  • Draws on interviews with fathers’ rights activists
  • Provides original analyses of material produced by ‘feminist’, ‘postfeminist’, and ‘backlash’ men’s groups

Part of the book series: Genders and Sexualities in the Social Sciences (GSSS)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • Ana Jordan
    Pages 1-30

  3. Gender, Social Movements and the Politics of Backlash

    • Ana Jordan
    Pages 31-68

  4. Masculinities, Crisis and Men’s Movements

    • Ana Jordan
    Pages 69-121

  5. Feminist Men’s Movements: The White Ribbon Campaign (UK) and the Dilemmas of Feminist Men

    • Ana Jordan
    Pages 123-163

  6. Postfeminist Men’s Movements: The Campaign Against Living Miserably and Male Suicide as ‘Crisis’

    • Ana Jordan
    Pages 165-191

  7. Backlash Men’s Movements Part 1: (Real) Fathers 4 Justice, Bourgeois-Rational and New Man/New Father Masculinities

    • Ana Jordan
    Pages 193-245

  8. Backlash Men’s Movements Part 2: (Real) Fathers 4 Justice, Hypermasculinity and Fathers as Superheroes

    • Ana Jordan
    Pages 247-286

  9. Conclusion

    • Ana Jordan
    Pages 287-300

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 301-310
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About this book

This book makes a unique contribution to contemporary research into masculinities, men’s movements, and fathers’ rights groups. It examines the role of changing masculinities in creating equality and/or reinforcing inequality by analysing diverse men’s movements, their politics, and the identities they (re)construct. Jordan advances a typology for categorising men’s movements (‘feminist', ‘postfeminist', and ‘backlash’ movements) and addresses debates over the construction of ‘masculinity-in-crisis’, arguing that ‘crisis’ is frequently invoked in problematic ways. These themes are further explored through original analyses of material produced by ‘feminist’, ‘postfeminist’, and ‘backlash’ men’s groups. The main empirical contribution of the book draws on interviews with fathers’ rights activists to explore the (gendered) implications of the ‘new’ politics of fatherhood. The nuanced examination of fathers’ rights perspectives reveals multiple, complex narratives of masculinity, fatherhood, and gender politics. The cumulative effect of these is, at best, postfeminist and depoliticising, and, at worst, another vitriolic ‘backlash’.

The New Politics of Fatherhood expands scholarly understandings of gender, masculinities, and social movements in the under-researched UK context, and will appeal to readers with interests in these areas.

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“This important, timely and insightful book redraws the terrain of contemporary studies of men’s movements and the production of masculinities. It is meticulously researched, theoretically sophisticated in its approach yet written throughout in an engaging and accessible style. Appealing to a wide readership across disciplines it makes a significant contribution not just to critical studies of men and masculinities but also, via the fascinating empirical component,  a growing body of international scholarship exploring the politics of fatherhood. Adding a new dimension to understandings of how men’s movements navigate changing gender discourses, this is interdisciplinary scholarship at its best, a fascinating and thought-provoking work that deserves to be widely read by all interested in the contemporary politics of gender.” (Richard Collier, University of Newcastle, UK)

“Ana Jordan’s The New Politics of Fatherhood makes an important and erudite contribution to the reappraisal of masculinities in political and social theory, engaging with key contemporary examples of men's activism. This book is a key resource for those interested in masculinities and social movements in theoretical and empirical terms.” (Daniel Conway, University of Westminster, UK)

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK

    Ana Jordan

About the author

Ana Jordan is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Lincoln, UK.

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