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Foolish Fathers in Swedish Family Film: Involved Fatherhood and Middle-Class Masculinity as Spectacle
Barn- och ungdomsvetenskapliga institutionen, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Stockholms universitet.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3605-8664
Linköping University, Department of Culture and Society, Division of Communication, Literature and Swedish. Linköping University, Faculty of Educational Sciences.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8251-3541
2024 (English)In: Swedish Children’s Cinema: History, Ideology and Aesthetics / [ed] Malena Janson, Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024, 1, p. 125-141Chapter in book (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

This chapter explores fatherhood and adult masculinity in the Swedish children’s film series about Sune (1993–2021). The Sune films showcase a cultural shift towards child-centredness, where men are increasingly expected to be involved, emotionally present, and spend time with their children. However, fathers in the Sune films are depicted as foolish as they try to portray themselves as more involved fathers than they actually are. The foolishness of the fathers also reflects class dynamics, as fatherhood is enacted in terms of attempts to attain upper middle-class status, where fathers present themselves as financially successful. However, these performances lack substance and consistently fail, or are at risk of failing. As a result, adult masculinity in the Sune films becomes a ridiculous spectacle that evokes laughter. The films exemplify how financial challenges in a neoliberal culture are individualised, turning the struggles of meeting the standards of middle-class fatherhood into personal flaws or failures.

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Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024, 1. p. 125-141
Keywords [en]
Masculinities; Family film; Fatherhood
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URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-207315DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-57001-8_7Libris ID: cxpst2hp9r8x3m17ISBN: 9783031570001 (print)ISBN: 9783031570018 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-207315DiVA, id: diva2:1898788
Available from: 2024-09-18 Created: 2024-09-18 Last updated: 2025-01-14Bibliographically approved

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