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Fathers, Fathering, and FatherhoodTodo sobre mi madre/All About My Mother

Fathers, Fathering, and Fatherhood: Todo sobre mi madre/All About My Mother [A secret photograph portrays the author as a frightened boy standing with his mother and an unknown man. With time, the child’s quest for his paternal origins is eclipsed by his mother’s strength and steadfast devotion to him and his siblings. Still the youth longs for and wonders if a father would have prevented his homosexuality. To complicate matters even more, after coming out to his brother, the author eventually realizes his brother’s conditional acceptance of his sexuality is dehumanizing and unacceptable. After much reflection and after the writing process itself, the author concludes that meaningful guidance and support is what really distinguishes parenthood and he now understands his mother has been more than a father figure; she’s been both a female and male guide.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Fathers, Fathering, and FatherhoodTodo sobre mi madre/All About My Mother

Part of the Palgrave Studies in Literary Anthropology Book Series
Editors: Del Castillo, Adelaida R.; Güido, Gibrán
Manuel, Carlos
Fathers, Fathering, and Fatherhood — Apr 30, 2021
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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
ISBN
978-3-030-60876-7
Pages
79 –87
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-60877-4_8
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Abstract

[A secret photograph portrays the author as a frightened boy standing with his mother and an unknown man. With time, the child’s quest for his paternal origins is eclipsed by his mother’s strength and steadfast devotion to him and his siblings. Still the youth longs for and wonders if a father would have prevented his homosexuality. To complicate matters even more, after coming out to his brother, the author eventually realizes his brother’s conditional acceptance of his sexuality is dehumanizing and unacceptable. After much reflection and after the writing process itself, the author concludes that meaningful guidance and support is what really distinguishes parenthood and he now understands his mother has been more than a father figure; she’s been both a female and male guide.]

Published: Apr 30, 2021

Keywords: Conditional acceptance; Internalized homophobia; Fatherlessness; Memory; Motherhood; Mother as father figure; Patriarchy

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