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E2 Paternity: Kathalene Razzano
In this episode we talk with Kathalene Razzano about the history and implications of the argument that “children need fathers,” how this has been repeatedly (and especially recently) reappropriated by politicians, and how it can be seen in popular television talk show tropes where DNA tests solve paternity disputes. Katy is a media and cultural studies scholar who teaches atUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore County
https://mcs.umbc.edu/faculty-directory/person/ub42333/
Sources / Show Notes
In the episode, we discuss Katy’s 2014 article on this topic. It is available here.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09502386.2014.886489
There is lot written on the Moynihan Report, which we discuss quite a bit. But the best place to start might be the Wikipedia article on it (and the bibliography at the bottom.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Negro_Family:_The_Case_For_National_Action
Though we don’t talk about it, one of the most important articles critiquing this report and its ahistorical, apolitical understanding of gender and the Black family is Hortense Spillers “Mama’s Baby, Papa’s Maybe.”
https://www.mcgill.ca/english/files/english/spillers_mamas_baby.pdf
A lot has been written on the Heritage Foundation’s “Project 2025,” but one place to start is just to look at the number of times the word “father” appears in the document.
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24088042-project-2025s-mandate-for-leadership-the-conservative-promise/
Finally, if you so choose, you can find the 2020 podcast with J.D. Vance that we discuss at the end here
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/32-j-d-vance-american-dreams-and-nightmares/id1469999563?i=1000473090465
The screenshot is from an episode of the May 7, 2023 episode of the The Steve Wilkos Show, titled “That Baby Looks NOTHING Like Me!” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOp2yUwTVoA.
Which Katy has written about elsewhere. FYI - The baby is his!
Credits:
Hosts: Sean Johnson Andrews, breakingculture.substack.com
Madhurima Chakraborty
madhurimachakraborty.net
Show music: composed by Kris Stokes
https://www.krisstokes.com
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By So What?In this episode we talk with Kathalene Razzano about the history and implications of the argument that “children need fathers,” how this has been repeatedly (and especially recently) reappropriated by politicians, and how it can be seen in popular television talk show tropes where DNA tests solve paternity disputes. Katy is a media and cultural studies scholar who teaches atUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore County
https://mcs.umbc.edu/faculty-directory/person/ub42333/
Sources / Show Notes
In the episode, we discuss Katy’s 2014 article on this topic. It is available here.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09502386.2014.886489
There is lot written on the Moynihan Report, which we discuss quite a bit. But the best place to start might be the Wikipedia article on it (and the bibliography at the bottom.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Negro_Family:_The_Case_For_National_Action
Though we don’t talk about it, one of the most important articles critiquing this report and its ahistorical, apolitical understanding of gender and the Black family is Hortense Spillers “Mama’s Baby, Papa’s Maybe.”
https://www.mcgill.ca/english/files/english/spillers_mamas_baby.pdf
A lot has been written on the Heritage Foundation’s “Project 2025,” but one place to start is just to look at the number of times the word “father” appears in the document.
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24088042-project-2025s-mandate-for-leadership-the-conservative-promise/
Finally, if you so choose, you can find the 2020 podcast with J.D. Vance that we discuss at the end here
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/32-j-d-vance-american-dreams-and-nightmares/id1469999563?i=1000473090465
The screenshot is from an episode of the May 7, 2023 episode of the The Steve Wilkos Show, titled “That Baby Looks NOTHING Like Me!” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOp2yUwTVoA.
Which Katy has written about elsewhere. FYI - The baby is his!
Credits:
Hosts: Sean Johnson Andrews, breakingculture.substack.com
Madhurima Chakraborty
madhurimachakraborty.net
Show music: composed by Kris Stokes
https://www.krisstokes.com