Questioning Gender Stereotypes Under Socialism: Fatherly Emotions and the Case of Single Fathers

Hallama, Peter (2020). Questioning Gender Stereotypes Under Socialism: Fatherly Emotions and the Case of Single Fathers. In: Bluhm, Katharina; Pickhan, Getrud; Stypinska, Justyna; Wierzcholska, Agnieszka (eds.) Gender and Power in Eastern Europe. Changing Concepts of Femininity and Masculinity in Power Relations. Societies and Political Orders in Transition (pp. 209-225). Cham: Springer 10.1007/978-3-030-53130-0_14

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This chapter investigates the issue of fatherhood in socialist East-Central Europe (East Germany and Czechoslovakia). Far from attempting to give a full picture of the phenomenon of fatherhood under socialism, the author’s aim is to discuss the critical potential of addressing masculinities and fatherhood under communist rule. Indeed, while largely neglected by historians so far, part of the debates about fatherhood challenged traditional gender stereotypes, strongly disagreed with communist family policies, and opened a space for frank criticism of one of the communists’ central claims: equality. Two phenomena are particularly significant in this respect: fatherly emotions and the case of lone fathers. This article is a first effort to bring these debates forward, in drawing on a few selected case studies from different fields, such as the media, film, and labor.

Item Type:

Book Section (Book Chapter)

Division/Institute:

06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of History and Archaeology > Institute of History
06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of History and Archaeology > Institute of History > Modern and Contemporary History

UniBE Contributor:

Hallama, Peter Christian

Subjects:

900 History
900 History > 940 History of Europe

ISSN:

2511-2201

ISBN:

978-3-030-53129-4

Series:

Societies and Political Orders in Transition

Publisher:

Springer

Language:

English

Submitter:

Peter Christian Hallama

Date Deposited:

10 Mar 2021 10:28

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:48

Publisher DOI:

10.1007/978-3-030-53130-0_14

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/153178

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/153178

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