‘I've got a daughter now man it's clean man’: Heteroglossic and intersectional constructions of fatherhood in the spontaneous talk of a group of young southeast London men

This article provides an insight into the heteroglossic and intersectional construction of fatherhood in the self-recorded, spontaneous talk of a group of young men from ethnically and racially mixed working-class backgrounds in southeast London. By adopting an interactional sociolinguistic approach...

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Published in:Language in society 2023-02, Vol.52 (1), p.51-78
Main Author: Pichler, Pia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Absent fathers
Children
Class identity
Classroom communication
Discourse
Discourses
Ethnicity
Families & family life
Fathering
Fathers
Hegemony
Heteroglossia
Hip hop culture
Identity
Intersectionality
Masculinity
Men
Middle class
Mothers
Popular culture
Positioning
Race
Racial identity
Social classes
Social exclusion
Social policy
Sociolinguistics
Stereotypes
Working class
Young men
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Summary:This article provides an insight into the heteroglossic and intersectional construction of fatherhood in the self-recorded, spontaneous talk of a group of young men from ethnically and racially mixed working-class backgrounds in southeast London. By adopting an interactional sociolinguistic approach, informed by Bakhtin's (1981, 1984, 1986) work on dialogicality and Tannen's (1989, 2004) notion of constructed dialogue, this article explores the young men's use of voices for their positioning in a range of fathering discourses which are shaped by and shape intersectional and hegemonic masculinities. Intersections of race, ethnicity, and social class inform many of the young men's positions, especially in their talk about the influences of hip hop on their children. This polyphony of voices allows the group to balance traditional discourses of fathers as providers, protectors, and moral guides with contemporary models of intimate and involved fatherhood, but also competing discourses of virile masculinity and bad boy identity. (Dialogicality, discourse, ethnicity, fatherhood, hegemony, heteroglossia, intersectionality, identity, masculinity, race, social class, voice)*
ISSN:0047-4045
1469-8013
DOI:10.1017/S0047404521000646