Modern research shows that fathering practices and the idea of fatherhood itself are closely linked to the concept of masculinity and gender contracts. This means that changes in masculine and fathers’ roles are due to actively shifting configurations of women’s educational, labor, and maternal responsibilities. Thus, the social institution of fatherhood is under pressure from both the public and private spheres. Fatherhood is clearly changing in modern society since patriarchal family structures have been largely destroyed, gender roles have changed, and new identities of mother and father have emerged.
Table of contents (16 chapters)
Introduction Pages 1-11
Bluhm, Katharina (et al.)
The Enemy of My Enemy Is My Friend: The Curious Tale of Feminism and Capitalism in Eastern Europe Pages 15-24
Ghodsee, Kristen R.
Blaming Feminists Is Not Understanding History: A Critical Rejoinder to Ghodsee’s Take on Feminism, Neoliberalism and Nationalism in Eastern Europe Pages 25-33
Graff, Agnieszka
Feminist Stories from an Illiberal State: Revoking the License to Teach Gender Studies in Hungary at a University in Exile (CEU) Pages 35-44
Pető, Andrea
Emancipation is More than the Freedom of Choice: Rethinking the Feminist Agenda in Postsocialism Pages 45-59
Sasunkevich, Olga
Ukraine’s Female Combatants: The Influence of Conflict on Gender Roles and Empowerment Pages 63-82
Barth, Rebecca
Gender Roles in the Rear of the War in Donbas: Women’s Engagement in the Care of Wounded Combatants Pages 83-105
Shukan, Ioulia
Russian Vicious Circles: The Facebook Flash Mob #ÿÍåÁîþñüÑêàçàòü, Biopolitics, and Rape Culture Pages 107-121
Korowin, Elena
The Ambivalence of the Ordinary: The Polish Women’s Strike (OSK) and the Women’s March 8th Alliance (PK8M) in a Comparative Perspective Pages 123-142
Ramme, Jennifer (et al.)
Putting Care at the Center: Women Organizing Trade Unions in the Care Sector in Poland Pages 145-156
Kubisa, Julia
Questioning the Retraditionalization Thesis: Gender Differences in Paid and Unpaid Work in Bulgaria (1970–2010) Pages 157-172
Nenova, Gergana
Autonomy as Empowerment, or How Gendered Power Manifests Itself in Contemporary Russian Families Pages 173-189
Guseva, Alya (et al.)
Masculine Strategies in Russian Orthodoxy: From Asceticism to Militarization Pages 193-208
Knorre, Boris
Questioning Gender Stereotypes Under Socialism: Fatherly Emotions and the Case of Single Fathers Pages 209-225
Hallama, Peter
The East German Man: “Brown Perpetrator of Violence,” “Sensitive Father”? An Exploration of Media Discourses and Scholarly Studies Pages 227-245
Scholz, Sylka
Russian Fatherhood: From Distance to Participation Pages 247-269
Rozhdestvenskaya, Elena