200 Pages
2 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
This volume is the first book-length study of stay-at-home fathers, an emerging and non-conforming gender role in mainland China, offering a nuanced account of masculinities and fathering practices associated with this role while situating them within global discourses of gender, care, and family life. Drawing on analyses of TV dramas, social media materials, and in-depth interviews, it... Read more
1. Making sense of stay-at-home fatherhood: introduction to the study 2. Depictions in TV dramas 3. Perceptions on social media 4. Identity positioning in work and care 5. Identity positioning at home and in caregiving communities 6. Education and child development 7. Negotiating housework and caring labour 8. Concluding thoughts
Biography
Fei Huang is a Leverhulme Trust Early Career Research Fellow at the UCL Social Research Institute. She previously worked as a Lecturer in Chinese Studies at the University of St Andrews. Prior to her career in academia, Fei worked as a translator and interpreter in both the UK and China.
