Globalized Fatherhood

Using 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...

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Main Authors: Inhorn, Marcia Claire, Chavkin, Wendy, Navarro, José-Alberto
Format: eBook Book
Language:English
Published: New York Berghahn Books 2014
Berghahn
Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Edition:1
Series:Fertility, reproduction and sexuality
Subjects:
Fatherhood
Gender Studies and Sexuality
Infertility
Medical Anthropology
SOCIAL SCIENCE
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
Sociology
Gender Studies and Sexuality
Medical Anthropology
ISBN:9781782384373, 1782384375, 9781782384380, 1782384383
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter Table of Contents List of Tables and Figures Acknowledgments Introduction. Chapter 1: The Corporate Father Chapter 2: Hiding Fatherhood in Corporate Japan Chapter 3: Transnational Fathers, Good Providers, and the Silences of Adoption Chapter 4: Long-Distance Fathers, Left-Behind Fathers, and Returnee Fathers: Chapter 5: When the Pillar of the Home is Shaking: Chapter 6: On Fatherhood in a Conflict Zone: Chapter 7: Enhancing Fathering Through Medical Research Participation in Mexico Chapter 8: The High-Tech Homunculus: Chapter 9: Assumed, Promised, Forbidden: Chapter 10: New Arab Fatherhood: Chapter 11: Relating across International Borders: Chapter 12: Conceiving Fatherhood: Chapter 13: Fatherhood, Companionate Marriage, and the Contradictions of Masculinity in Nigeria Chapter 14: The Four Faces of Iranian Fatherhood Chapter 15: “Bare Sticks” and Other Dangers to the Social Body: Chapter 16: Paternity Poisoned: Notes on Contributors Index
  • Intro -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction - Globalized Fatherhood: Emergent Forms and Possibilities in the New Millennium -- Part I - Corporate Fatherhood -- Chapter 1 - The Corporate Father -- Chapter 2 - Hiding Fatherhood in Corporate Japan -- Part II - Transnational Fatherhood -- Chapter 3 - Transnational Fathers, Good Providers, and the Silences of Adoption -- Chapter 4 - Long-Distance Fathers, Left-Behind Fathers, and Returnee Fathers: Changing Fathering Practices in Indonesia and the Philippines -- Part III - Primary Care Fatherhood -- Chapter 5 - When the Pillar of the Home Is Shaking: Female Labor Migration and Stay-at-Home Fathers in Vietnam -- Chapter 6 - On Fatherhood in a Conflict Zone: Gaza Fathers and the Children's Cancer Treatments -- Part IV - Clinical Fatherhood -- Chapter 7 - Enhancing Fathering through Medical Research Participation in Mexico -- Chapter 8 - The High-Tech Homunculus: New Science, Old Constructs -- Part V - Infertile Fatherhood -- Chapter 9 - Assumed, Promised, Forbidden: Infertility, IVF, and Fatherhood in Turkey -- Chapter 10 - New Arab Fatherhood: Male Infertility, Assisted Reproduction, and Emergent Masculinities -- Part VI - Gay/Surrogate Fatherhood -- Chapter 11 - Relating Across International Borders: Gay Men Forming Families through Overseas Surrogacy -- Chapter 12 - Conceiving Fatherhood: Gay Men and Indian Surrogate Mothers -- Part VII - Ambivalent Fatherhood -- Chapter 13 - Fatherhood, Companionate Marriage, and the Contradictions of Masculinity in Nigeria -- Chapter 14 - The Four Faces of Iranian Fatherhood -- Part VIII - Imperiled Fatherhood -- Chapter 15 - "Bare Sticks" and Other Dangers to the Social Body: Assembling Fatherhood in China -- Chapter 16 - Paternity Poisoned: The Impact of Gulf War Syndrome on Fatherhood -- Index
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --
  • Sharmila Rudrappa --
  • Daniel Jordan Smith --
  • Chapter 12 CONCEIVING FATHERHOOD: GAY MEN AND INDIAN SURROGATE MOTHERS
  • Contributors --
  • Susan Greenhalgh --
  • Linda G. Kahn, Wendy Chavkin --
  • CONTENTS --
  • Part III PRIMARY CARE FATHERHOOD --
  • Jude Browne --
  • Daphna Birenbaum-Carmeli, Yana Diamand, Maram Abu Yaman --
  • Zeynep B. Gürtin --
  • Chapter 2 HIDING FATHERHOOD IN CORPORATE JAPAN
  • Chapter 11 RELATING ACROSS INTERNATIONAL BORDERS: GAY MEN FORMING FAMILIES THROUGH OVERSEAS SURROGACY
  • Vu Thi Thao --
  • Part V INFERTILE FATHERHOOD --
  • Chapter 13 FATHERHOOD, COMPANIONATE MARRIAGE, AND THE CONTRADICTIONS OF MASCULINITY IN NIGERIA
  • Chapter 1 THE CORPORATE FATHER
  • Chapter 10 NEW ARAB FATHERHOOD: MALE INFERTILITY, ASSISTED REPRODUCTION, AND EMERGENT MASCULINITIES
  • Marcia C. Inhorn --
  • Chapter 9 ASSUMED, PROMISED, FORBIDDEN: INFERTILITY, IVF, AND FATHERHOOD IN TURKEY
  • Chapter 8 THE HIGH-TECH HOMUNCULUS: NEW SCIENCE, OLD CONSTRUCTS
  • INDEX
  • Deborah Dempsey --
  • Part IV CLINICAL FATHERHOOD --
  • Jessaca Leinaweaver --
  • Emily Wentzell --
  • Marcia C. Inhorn, Wendy Chavkin, José-Alberto Navarro --
  • Chapter 7 ENHANCING FATHERING THROUGH MEDICAL RESEARCH PARTICIPATION IN MEXICO
  • Chapter 4 LONG-DISTANCE FATHERS, LEFT-BEHIND FATHERS, AND RETURNEE FATHERS: CHANGING FATHERING PRACTICES IN INDONESIA AND THE PHILIPPINES
  • Chapter 16 PATERNITY POISONED: THE IMPACT OF GULF WAR SYNDROME ON FATHERHOOD
  • Scott North --
  • Part II TRANSNATIONAL FATHERHOOD --
  • Part VII AMBIVALENT FATHERHOOD --
  • Part VIII IMPERILED FATHERHOOD --
  • Part I CORPORATE FATHERHOOD --
  • Chapter 3 TRANSNATIONAL FATHERS, GOOD PROVIDERS, AND THE SILENCES OF ADOPTION
  • Chapter 14 THE FOUR FACES OF IRANIAN FATHERHOOD
  • TABLES AND FIGURES --
  • Chapter 6 ON FATHERHOOD IN A CONFLICT ZONE: GAZA FATHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN’S CANCER TREATMENTS
  • Chapter 15 “BARE STICKS” AND OTHER DANGERS TO THE SOCIAL BODY: ASSEMBLING FATHERHOOD IN CHINA
  • Soraya Tremayne --
  • Part VI GAY/SURROGATE FATHERHOOD --
  • Frontmatter --
  • Chapter 5 WHEN THE PILLAR OF THE HOME IS SHAKING: FEMALE LABOR MIGRATION AND STAY-AT-HOME FATHERS IN VIETNAM
  • Theodora Lam, Brenda S. A. Yeoh --
  • Introduction GLOBALIZED FATHERHOOD: EMERGENT FORMS AND POSSIBILITIES IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM
  • Susie Kilshaw --