Book contents
- Fatherhood and the British Working Class, 1865–1914
- Frontispiece
- Fatherhood and the British Working Class, 1865–1914
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: O Father, where art thou?
- 1 Love and toil: fatherhood, providing and attachment
- 2 Love and want: unemployment, failure and the fragile father
- 3 Man and home: the inter-personal dynamics of fathers at home
- 4 Front stage values, back stage lives: family togetherness, respectability and ‘real’ fathers
- 5 Funny talk: laughter, family and fathering
- 6 The fond father: protection, authority, reconciliation
- Conclusion: discovering fatherhood
- Bibliography
- Index
5 - Funny talk: laughter, family and fathering
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2015
Book contents
- Fatherhood and the British Working Class, 1865–1914
- Frontispiece
- Fatherhood and the British Working Class, 1865–1914
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: O Father, where art thou?
- 1 Love and toil: fatherhood, providing and attachment
- 2 Love and want: unemployment, failure and the fragile father
- 3 Man and home: the inter-personal dynamics of fathers at home
- 4 Front stage values, back stage lives: family togetherness, respectability and ‘real’ fathers
- 5 Funny talk: laughter, family and fathering
- 6 The fond father: protection, authority, reconciliation
- Conclusion: discovering fatherhood
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Fatherhood and the British Working Class, 1865–1914 , pp. 145 - 176Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2015