Джендър представи и практики на постсоциалистическите градски семейства в България
Gender ideas and practices of the post socialist urban families in Bulgaria

Summary/Abstract: This study looks at the changing gender relations in postsocialist families with young children in “Lozenetz” neighborhood in Sofi a. Through three family scenarios, I study the roles and responsibilities of men and women, as well as the notions and perceptions of gender relations and connect them to the context of social politics and practices of the Bulgarian state, to the alleged gendering of the labor market, and to the personal choices of individuals in the current transformation in Bulgaria. Based on two months of ethnographic fi eldwork, this project shows that competitive as well as equal models of family relations have been constructed after 1989. These practices are possible also because of the creation of new roles, such as “super man,” “equal partner,” and “active father,” associating some men in Bulgaria with active participation in the private space of the family.

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