Men and children: Changing constructions of fatherhood in Drum magazine, 1951-1965

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2006

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HSRC Press

Abstract

This chapter explores changing representations of fatherhood and masculinity in Drum magazine over the course of the 1950s. In the early 1950s men were portrayed in close proximity to their children and adult masculinities were tied to being a father. Over the course of the 1950s this changed such that by the 1960s adult masculinities were portrayed outside the home and disconnected and distinct from their offspring.

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Masculinities, Masculinity -- History, Gender, Fatherhood, Drum magazine, South Africa

Citation

Clowes, L. (2006). Men and children: Changing constructions of fatherhood in Drum magazine, 1951-1965. In L. Richter & R. Morrell (eds). Baba? Men and fatherhood in South Africa. Pretoria: HSRC Press, pp.118-117.