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

In: Gender and Power in Eastern Europe

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  • Peter Hallama

    (University of Bern)

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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.

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  • Peter Hallama, 2021. "Questioning Gender Stereotypes Under Socialism: Fatherly Emotions and the Case of Single Fathers," Societies and Political Orders in Transition, in: Katharina Bluhm & Gertrud Pickhan & Justyna Stypińska & Agnieszka Wierzcholska (ed.), Gender and Power in Eastern Europe, edition 1, pages 209-225, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:socchp:978-3-030-53130-0_14
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-53130-0_14
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