Making of a Makbul Father

This book draws upon qualitative interviews with lower-middle class men with adult children. It provides important insight into a region of the world that has not been sufficiently studied in the field of Masculinity Studies and analyzes manhood/fatherhood from a novel perspective. It uses Margaret Wetherell's (2012) theory of "e;affective practice"e; to focus on moments men experience masculinity as "e;essence"e; and "e;free play"e; as formulated by Todd W. Reeser (2010). Elaborating on affective practices which stabilize and destabilize makbulhood, manhood, and fatherhood, it focuses on a long-excluded generation of men in the literature and illuminates men's "e;Iamnotlikethem"e; and "e;Iamlikeallmenontheearth"e; moments. It is relevant to researchers in gender studies, masculinity studies, social psychology, and family sociology.