“Unfortunately I’m a Massively Heavy Sleeper”: An Analysis of Fathers’ Constructions of Parenting

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 680-701
Author(s):  
Ashlee Borgkvist ◽  
Jaklin Eliott ◽  
Shona Crabb ◽  
Vivienne Moore
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
The Past ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
Emotional Aspects ◽  
Involved Fathers

Expectations for fathers have changed over the past few decades—research has shown that many men express more egalitarian views toward fatherhood and being more involved in parenting, particularly in the caretaking and emotional aspects of parenting. However, despite intentions expressed before parenthood, parenting will often play out along more traditional, gendered lines. In this research, we demonstrate how discourses used by fathers might work to maintain gendered divisions in relation to parenting and work. Data were collected through semistructured interviews that covered men’s experiences of work and parenting. Discourse analysis was employed to analyze the data. We identified that while participants expressed a desire to be involved fathers, often this did not transpire. Participants’ inability to, or decisions not to be, actively involved was accounted for in various ways, and suggested a tension between what fathers recognize they should be doing, and what they are doing, as parents.

Discourse Analysis: Contextualism and Reductionism

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 440-447
Author(s):  
Setareh Majidi
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Contextual Factors ◽  
Relevance Theory ◽  
The Past ◽  
Language Interpretation

For the past twenty to thirty years, a good part of the domain of linguistics has been occupied by what has been called discourse analysis. Whereas syntax and semantics are concerned by the sentence and the units from which the sentence is built, discourse analysis claims that interpretation cannot accounted for at the level of the sentence and that a bigger unit, such as discourse should be used to account for language interpretation. We want to show here that discourse is not, in any sense, a well defined object and that, though it is certainly necessary to analyze how a given sequence of sentences is processed and understood, the notion of discourse,  A and related notions such as coherence does not have much to say about it. We rely on epistemological considerations about the necessity of a moderate reductionism and sketch on account of linguistic interpretation which accounts for contextual factors in linguistic interpretation through the notion of utterance (vs. sentence) and a development of Sperber & Wilsons Relevance Theory.

scholarly journals Crisis discourse and framework transition in Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 664-680
Author(s):  
Omer Michaelis
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Legal Order ◽  
Jewish Law ◽  
Legal Code ◽  
The Past ◽  
Moses Maimonides ◽  
Crisis Discourse

AbstractIn his works from the past decade, Menachem Fisch offered an analysis of a crucial distinction between two modes of rationalized transformation: an intra-framework transformation and an inter-framework one, the latter entailing a revolutionary shift of the framework itself. In this article, I analyze the attempt to produce such a framework transition in the tradition of Jewish Halakha (i.e., Jewish Law) by one of the key figures in its history, Moses Maimonides (1135–1204), and to explore how this transition was rationalized and promoted by the utilization of crisis discourse. Using discourse analysis, I analyze the introduction to Maimonides’ great legal code, Mishneh Torah, and explore the modes by which he sought to establish, install and stabilize a homogenous and centralistic legal order at the center of which will lie one – that is, his own – Halakhic book.

A bibliometric study of news discourse analysis (1988‒2020)

2021 ◽  
pp. 175048132110437
Author(s):  
Guofeng Wang ◽  
Xiuzhen Wu ◽  
Qiao Li
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Chinese Mainland ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Upward Trend ◽  
The West ◽  
News Values ◽  
The Past ◽  
News Discourse ◽  
Scopus Database

This study conducts a bibliometric analysis of news discourse analysis using CiteSpace to sketch its scientific landscape based on journal articles in English in the Scopus database from 1988 through 2020. The statistical analysis provides evidence for the interdisciplinarity of this area, and shows an upward trend in general over these years as well as an accelerating growth rate in the past decade. Findings also indicate that the problem-oriented CDA has gained the most popularity in this area since its emergence, and the appraisal framework, multimodality analysis, and discursive news values have become three hotspots of news discourse analysis. In addition, the authors in the West have contributed most in this area, but those from Chinese Mainland, Malaysia, South Africa, and Indonesia have gradually been an emerging powerhouse, which has added diversity in topics and will enhance equality and promote dialogue between different communities, ethnics, and races across the globe.

scholarly journals Exploring Single, Stay-at-Home, and Gay Fathers’ Perspectives of Masculinity and the Influence These Have on Their Understandings of Their 4- to 12-Year-Old Children’s Outdoor Risky Play

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 108-125
Author(s):  
Michelle E. E. Bauer ◽  
Audrey R. Giles
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Injury Prevention ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Child Injury ◽  
Gay Fathers ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
Child Injury Prevention ◽  
Risky Play ◽  
At Home

Fathers’ perspectives on masculinity can influence their perspectives on their children’s outdoor risky play. This study makes a novel contribution to bridging a gap in knowledge that exists between the fields of sexuality, family dynamics, and child injury prevention by exploring single, stay-at-home, and gay fathers’ perspectives on masculinity and the influence that these have on their perspectives of their 4- to 12-year-old children’s outdoor risky play practices. Through the use of semistructured interviews and critical discourse analysis, three discourses were identified: Masculinity and fatherhood are being redefined, fathers play an important role in their children’s experiences of outdoor risky play, and fathers should enforce limits during their children’s outdoor risky play.

The Floating Signifier of “Radicalization”: Correctional Officers’ Perceptions of Prison Radicalization

2020 ◽  
pp. 009385482096974
Author(s):  
William J. Schultz ◽  
Sandra M. Bucerius ◽  
Kevin D. Haggerty
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Correctional Officers ◽  
Gang Membership ◽  
Front Line ◽  
Prison Staff ◽  
Low Level ◽  
The Past ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Interpretive Frames

The number of people incarcerated for extremist actions has grown over the past decades. The resulting prospect of prison radicalization has contributed to widespread risk responsibilitization among prison staff. Low-level correctional officers now perceive themselves as being directly responsible for detecting radicalization on their units. Consequently, radicalization has become a meaningful topic for prison staff, one which shapes their daily actions and perceptions. However, officers’ understandings of radicalization may not conform with accepted definitions. Through 131 semistructured interviews with Canadian correctional officers, we demonstrate how radicalization functions as a floating signifier in prison, influencing officer thought and behavior in meaningful ways while eluding easy definition. Officers redefine radicalization to fit interpretive frames around religion and race, gang membership, and mental health, irrespective of whether stereotypical extremists exist in a given prison. We demonstrate how radicalization, when operating as a floating signifier, can significantly influence officers’ perceptions and front-line prison operations.

Ghosts, tigers and landmines in the nursery: Attachment narratives of loss in Tamil refugee children with dead or missing fathers

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 294-310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lux Ratnamohan ◽  
Sarah Mares ◽  
Derrick Silove
Keyword(s):  
Information Processing ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Political Violence ◽  
Asylum Seeker ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Refugee Children ◽  
Parent Attachment ◽  
Cultural Model ◽  
The Past ◽  
Protective Strategies

Objective: To build an account of how bereaved Tamil refugee and asylum seeker children, resettled in Australia, had processed the loss of their dead or missing fathers. Method: Phenomenological and discourse analysis was applied to attachment narratives of nine children (aged 11–17 years) and their surviving mothers in families that lost fathers in war-related circumstances. The narratives were analysed through the lens of Crittenden’s Dynamic-Maturational Model of Attachment and Adaptation (DMM) and Klass’ cross-cultural model of grief. Results: Two divergent pathways — ‘burying the past’ and ‘reifying the past’ — emerged, encompassing the children’s contrasting patterns of information processing regarding loss and trauma (dismissing or preoccupying) and representation of the past (distant-buried or rich-reconstructed). Each pathway reflected a strategic compromise between the constraints and resources presented to the child by the circumstances of the loss (ambiguous or confirmed), the response of their surviving parent (stricken or stoic) and the collective narrative surrounding the loss (silenced or valorised). Conclusion: The DMM’s conceptualisation of attachment as self-protective strategies for navigating danger was helpful in explaining the contrasting adaptations of refugee children to loss and trauma. However, to understand the multivalent meanings of these adaptations, there was a need to situate child–parent attachment relationships within the wider sociocultural reconfigurations arising from contexts of political violence.

Sibling Relationship in Foster Care: Foster Parent Perspective

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (9) ◽  
pp. 2590-2614 ◽  
Author(s):  
Armeda Stevenson Wojciak ◽  
Bryan P. Range ◽  
Dumayi M. Gutierrez ◽  
Nathan A. Hough ◽  
Casey M. Gamboni
Keyword(s):  
Foster Care ◽  
Foster Parents ◽  
Sibling Relationships ◽  
Foster Parent ◽  
Protective Role ◽  
Sibling Relationship ◽  
Parent Perspective ◽  
The Past ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
Youth In Foster Care

The sibling relationships of youth in foster care has garnered increased attention over the past few years indicating the potential protective role these relationships can have. Despite this growth, very little is known about how foster parents perceive the sibling relationships of youth in foster care and ways to promote these relationships. Thematic analysis was used to analyze semistructured interviews of 15 foster parents. Three major areas emerged as a result of the analysis: (a) the experience of sibling relationships in foster care, (b) how sibling relationships should be treated in foster care, and (c) ways to promote sibling relationships. All of the foster parents in this study discussed the importance of sibling relationships for the youth in their care and offer ways to promote these relationships through collaboration and education. Implications for foster parent training and child welfare practice are discussed.

The Significance of Various Aspects in Drawings by Educationally Subnormal Children

1950 ◽  
Vol 96 (405) ◽  
pp. 951-975 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. C. Günzburg
Keyword(s):  
Intelligence Tests ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Past ◽  
Intellectual Capacity ◽  
Emotional Aspects

During the past few years interpretations of drawings for the assessment of intellectual and emotional aspects of personality have been used frequently. Various scales have been designed on the basis of a correlation between the elaboration and complexity of a drawing on one side, and the intellectual capacity, as measured by orthodox intelligence tests, on the other side. The best known of these scales is Goodenough's “Draw-a-Man” test (13), which has been used extensively.

“What We Do Crosses over to Activism”

2018 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 69-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marika Cifor ◽  
Michelle Caswell ◽  
Alda Allina Migoni ◽  
Noah Geraci
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Public Engagement ◽  
Racial Justice ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Archives ◽  
The Past ◽  
Ethical Orientations ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
Community Organizers ◽  
Using Data

Using data gleaned from semistructured interviews with seventeen community archives founders, volunteers, and staff at twelve sites, this paper examines the relations and roles of community archives and archivists in social justice activism. Our research uncovered four findings on the politics of community archives. First, community-based archivists identify as activists, advocates, or community organizers, and this identification shapes their understandings of community archives work and the missions of community archives. Second, community-based archives offer substantial critiques of neutrality in their ethical orientations and thus present new ethical foundations for practice. Third, by activating their collections, community archives play significant roles within contemporary social movements including struggles for racial justice and against gentrification. Finally, community archives are at the forefront of the profession in their engagements with activists. Community archives have much to contribute to practice and scholarship on activism, outreach, and public engagement with the past.

Midwives Practice CAM: Feminism in the Delivery Room

2008 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith T. Shuval ◽  
Sky E. Gross
Keyword(s):  
Core Beliefs ◽  
The Past ◽  
Feminist Ideology ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
Context Specific ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Delivery Rooms ◽  
Empirical Material

This article focuses on midwives who practice complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in Israel. After qualifying as nurses in mainstream biomedical institutions, these midwives have, at some point in their careers, opted to study a variety of CAM skills and practice them in hospital delivery rooms in Israel. The authors explore the relationship of selected elements of feminist ideology to the epistemology of CAM midwives. Seven context-specific themes are viewed as central to their epistemological stance: rejection of the medicalization of birth; a strong belief in the “naturalness” of childbirth; rejection of the overuse of technology; empowerment of women; nostalgia and reverence for the past; centrality of intuition, feeling, and emotion; and active advocacy. In-depth, semistructured interviews were carried out during 2004 to 2005 with 13 midwives. These narratives provided empirical material for a qualitative analysis. Evidence is shown to demonstrate the unique feminist quality of the core beliefs of the CAM midwives.

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