"New Fathers"- the Construction of New Masculinities in Germany

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K01932
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Gender
• Research Institution: Doshisha University
• Principal Investigator: Ishii Kae 同志社大学, グローバル地域文化学部, 准教授 (70457901)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 「新しい父親」 / 市民的自助組織 / 男性運動 / 男性の権利運動 / 男性性 / 労働環境

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Among many father initiatives, which were organized in West Germany since 1970’s, I selected “Father’s Action for Children” (about 50 branches) as subject of research, whose members were not only over 1000, but also whose structure and activities are regarded as representative self-help organization in civil society.
Fathers discussed about men’s problems-relationships with their wife and partner, divorce, parenthood, education of children etc.-in this organization, its magazines PAPS and web pages, and further they lobby for issues based on these discussions. In this research, I made discourse analysis of PAPS, tried to trace their controversial activities and considered their possibilities and limits in all its bearing.

Free Research Field

歴史社会学・ジェンダー研究