Pops in Pop Culture: Fatherhood, Masculinity, and the New Man

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Introduction....Pages 1-27
Front Matter....Pages 29-29
Pappahandbooks: Guidebooks for Dads in Twenty-First Century Sweden....Pages 31-50
Fatherhood, Feminism, and Failure in Louis C.K.’s Comedy....Pages 51-66
“Daddy Time All the Time”: Representations of Involved Fatherhood in Contemporary Dadoirs....Pages 67-86
Daddyblogs Know Best: Histories of Fatherhood in the Cyber Age....Pages 87-103
Front Matter....Pages 105-105
Ads and Dads: TV Commercials and Contemporary Attitudes Toward Fatherhood....Pages 107-124
Hard Bodies, Soft Hearts: Mixed-Race Men as Muscular Daddies in the Films of Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson....Pages 125-140
Contemporary Crime-Fighting Dads: Negotiating Masculinity and Fathering in 24 and Castle....Pages 141-158
Tale of Two Fathers: Authenticating Fatherhood in Quantic Dream’s Heavy Rain: The Origami Killer and Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us....Pages 159-176
Front Matter....Pages 177-177
Breaking Dad: Reimagining Postwar Models of American Fatherhood in Breaking Bad....Pages 179-194
Masculinity, Subjectivities, and Caregiving in the British Press: The Case of the Stay-at-Home Father....Pages 195-212
A Sentimental Fathering Model: Alexander McCall Smith’s Vision for Nurturing Paternity in the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency Series....Pages 213-232
Modern Fathers in Modern Family: The Impact of Generational Differences on Fatherhood Styles....Pages 233-249
Back Matter....Pages 251-265