Paternity and Fatherhood Myths and Realities
What kind of connotation does the word 'father' have in everyday language? How have states and governments defined and manipulated the paternal role? What is a 'father-figure'? What can literature tell us about absent or overbearing fathers? How far is th
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From the same publishers ROBINSON CRUSOE: Myths and Metamorphoses (co-editor with Brian Stimpson)
Paternity and Fatherhood Myths and Realities Editor
Lieve Spaas
Professor of French Cultural Studies Kingston University
Associate Editor
Trista Selous
Associate Research Fellow Roehampton Institute London
First published in Great Britain 1998 by
MACMILLAN PRESS LTD
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and London Companies and representatives throughout the world A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
ISBN 978-1-349-13818-0 ISBN 978-1-349-13816-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-349-13816-6 First published in the United States of America 1998 by
ST. MARTIN'S PRESS, INC.,
Scholarly and Reference Division, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 ISBN 978-0-333-64237-5 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Patemity and fatherhood : myths and realities I editor, Lieve Spaas ; associate editor, Trista Selous. p. cm. lncludes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-333-64237-5 (cloth) I . Patemity in literature. 2. Fatherhood in literature. I. Spaas, Lieve. II. Selous, Trista, 1957PN56.P32P38 1998 809'.933520431-{fc21 97-47027 CIP Selection and editorialmatter © Lieve Spaas 1998 Text© Macmillan Press Ltd 1998 excluding Chapter 18 © Marina Wamer 1998 Chapter 24 © Stan Smith 1998
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To the memory of my parents and to Max Marshall who emboldened me to venture upon the paternity project when it was merely a shimmering on the outskirts of my mind
Contents Acknowledgements
x
Notes on Contributors
xi
1 Introduction: Mythical Constructs and Social Realities LieveSpaas
1
I Biological Paternity in Law and Language
2 Heredity and Paternity Max Andreoli
15
3 The Paternal Role and the Napoleonic Code Xavier Martin
27
4
40
DNA and the Stakes in Embodying Paternity Carol Mossman
5 Factoring the Father Christie McDonald
49
6 The Heredity of Power and Paternity of the Text in some Medieval Works Yolande de Pontfarcy 7
II
Pere and Mere: Unequals in Language Philippe Bolusset
62
74
Absent Fathers
8 Life without Father
