Gender asymmetries, parenthood and confinement in two portuguese prisons

Parenthood is a gendered relation, but its bearing on how men and women “do” gender differs: fatherhood is more peripheral an attribute in men’s conventional gender definitions than motherhood is in women’s. Confinement situations may amplify this asymmetry. However, as prisons reflect structural va...

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Main Author: Cunha, Manuela Ivone P. da (author)
Other Authors: Granja, Rafaela Patrícia Gonçalves (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/29382
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/29382