Fatherhood, Political Culture and the New Politics

Authors: Yates, C.

Journal: Psychoanalysis, Culture and Society

Volume: 17

Issue: 2

Pages: 204-221

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

ISSN: 1543-3390

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/32639/

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Fatherhood, Political Culture and the New Politics

Authors: Yates, C.

Journal: Psychoanalysis, Culture and Society

Volume: 17

Issue: 2

Pages: 204-221

ISSN: 1543-3390

Abstract:

This article discusses the trope of fatherhood and its deployment within the UK political scene to ask how and why this has become a strategy in the post-ideological context of contemporary party politics. It uses psychoanalytic ideas to explore the fantasies of what is at stake in such a move and explores how politicians can be read as symptomatic of broader struggles around hegemonic masculinity as represented within the celebritized arena of political culture.

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/32639/

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