Imagined futures: Young men's talk about fatherhood and domestic life

Edley, Nigel and Wetherell, Margaret (1999). Imagined futures: Young men's talk about fatherhood and domestic life. British Journal of Social Psychology, 38(2) pp. 181–194.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1348/014466699164112

Abstract

As part of an extensive series of interviews about men and masculinity, small groups of 17 to 18-year-old male students were invited to look forward to their future romantic and domestic lives. Their responses were analysed using the approach and methods of discourse analysis in order to examine both the interpretative resources used within their accounts and to look at how the young men attempted to manage the ‘ideological dilemma’ (Billig, Condor, Edwards, Gane, Middleton & Radley, 1988) that was framed by these cultural themes. The analysis describes three such strategies while paying particular attention to the ‘action orientation’(Heritage, 1984) of these constructions. Finally, the paper moves on to discuss, albeit briefly, the broader implications of this research.

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• Item Type
• Journal Item
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• 2044-8309
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• Funded Project Name	Project ID	Funding Body
  Not Set	R000233129	ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council)
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• Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Psychology and Counselling > Psychology
  Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Psychology and Counselling
  Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS)
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• Margaret Wetherell