Pops in Pop Culture

1. Introduction
Elizabeth Podnieks

Section I. Self-Defining Dads: Autobiography, Paternal Lessons, and Narrative Performance

2. Pappahandbooks: Guidebooks for Dads in Twenty-First Century Sweden
Helena Wahlström Henriksson

3. Fatherhood, Feminism, and Failure in Louis C.K.’s Comedy
Peter C. Kunze

4. “Daddy Time All the Time”: Representations of Involved Fatherhood in Contemporary Dadoirs
Elizabeth Podnieks

5. Daddyblogs Know Best: Histories of Fatherhood in the Cyber Age
May Friedman

Section II. “Real” Men: Brawn, Power, and Protection

6. Ads and Dads: TV Commercials and Contemporary Attitudes Toward Fatherhood
Kristi Rowan Humphreys

7. Hard Bodies, Soft Hearts: Mixed-Race Men as Muscular Daddies in the Films of Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson
Andrea Schofield

8. Contemporary Crime-Fighting Dads: Negotiating Masculinity and Fathering in 24 and Castle
Christy Ebert Vrtis

9. Tale of Two Fathers: Authenticating Fatherhood in Quantic Dream’s Heavy Rain: The Origami Killer and Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us
Melvin G. Hill

Section III. Economics and Emotions: Providers, Pals, and Nurturers

10. Breaking Dad: Reimagining Postwar Models of American Fatherhood in Breaking Bad
Heath A. Diehl

11. Masculinity, Subjectivities, and Caregiving in the British Press: The Case of the Stay-at-Home Father
Abigail Locke

12. A Sentimental Fathering Model: Alexander McCall Smith’s Vision for Nurturing Paternity in the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency Series
Nicole L. Willey

13. Modern Fathers in Modern Family: The Impact of Generational Differences on Fatherhood Styles
Kathryn Pallister

Nyckelord: Cultural and Media Studies, Media and Communication, Cultural Studies, American Cinema, American Culture, European Culture