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What it Means to be Daddy
Jennifer Hamer
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Description for What it Means to be Daddy
Paperback. Aims to challenge stereotypes of negotiating parenthood within the context of poverty, live-away status, and black American manhood. This book examines the macro or cultural elements that encompass men's daily lives. It also explores the forces that define the social world of fathers, and looks at what others expect of men as fathers. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ2; JFSL3; JHBK; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 363.
Absent fathers, the breakdown of the nuclear family, and single-mother households are often blamed for the poor quality of life experienced by many African American children. Jennifer F. Hamer challenges both the imposition of an inappropriate value system and the resulting ineffectual social policies. Most of what we know about fathers who do not live with their children is based on interviews with the mothers; this book is based on interviews with the fathers themselves. How do these fathers perceive their roles and responsibilities? This myth-shattering book challenges stereotypes of negotiating parenthood within the context of poverty, live-away status, and ... Read more
Absent fathers, the breakdown of the nuclear family, and single-mother households are often blamed for the poor quality of life experienced by many African American children. Jennifer F. Hamer challenges both the imposition of an inappropriate value system and the resulting ineffectual social policies. Most of what we know about fathers who do not live with their children is based on interviews with the mothers; this book is based on interviews with the fathers themselves. How do these fathers perceive their roles and responsibilities? This myth-shattering book challenges stereotypes of negotiating parenthood within the context of poverty, live-away status, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231115551
SKU
V9780231115551
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About Jennifer Hamer
Jennifer F. Hamer is assistant professor of sociology at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville.
Reviews for What it Means to be Daddy
Offers a healthy antidote to prevailing negative images of live-away fathers... Makes a good case for assisting those whom society has failed.
Bart Landry, University of Maryland Contemporary Sociology
Bart Landry, University of Maryland Contemporary Sociology