Journal article icon

Journal article

Grandfatherhood: shifting masculinities in later life

Abstract:

Drawing on qualitative interview data, this article examines how grandfatherhood relates to the assertion and transformation of masculinities in later life. Recent attention to ageing and masculinities has identified how older men are challenged to succeed in maintaining connections to hegemonic masculinity in light of altered family and life circumstances. We consider men’s engagement with grandfatherhood as a means for so doing, illustrating how men make sense of the role through continuity...

Expand abstract
Publication status:
Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

Actions


Access Document


Files:
Publisher copy:
10.1177/0038038515572586

Authors


More by this author
Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
Societies, Other & Subsidiary Companies
Department:
Kellogg College
Sub department:
Ageing Institute (OIA)
Oxford college:
Kellogg College
Role:
Author
ORCID:
0000-0002-4720-791X
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
Journal:
Sociology More from this journal
Volume:
50
Issue:
3
Pages:
594-610
Publication date:
2015-03-19
DOI:
EISSN:
1469-8684
ISSN:
0038-0385
Language:
English
Keywords:
Pubs id:
pubs:597661
UUID:
uuid:7f4a4bc3-3a4e-453c-95cf-a2026c57702d
Local pid:
pubs:597661
Source identifiers:
597661
Deposit date:
2019-07-23

Terms of use


Views and Downloads






If you are the owner of this record, you can report an update to it here: Report update to this record

TO TOP