Intergenerational caring practices. Sons’ perspectives on caring relationships with fathers
Intergenerational caring practices. Sons’ perspectives on caring relationships with fathers

Summary/Abstract: This article aims to present and discuss the author’s research, individual in-depth interviews conducted with 10 young college-aged men on the understanding and practice of caring in their relationships with their fathers. The article refers to the notion of caring (Kitwood 1997, Philips 2007), theories of masculinity (Connell 1995, Anderson 2009, Elliott 2016) and fatherhood (Kluczyńska 2009, Suwada 2015, 2017) and describes the relationship between these concepts. Based on the literature review and research findings, the author attempts to problematise the forms of caring between sons and fathers, the reasons that shape this caring, and to capture what a son can learn about caring from his father and how this knowledge is commented on and used in a practical sense.

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