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Generative fathering : beyond deficit perspectives / edited by Alan J. Hawkins, David C. Dollahite ; foreword by John Snarey.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Current issues in the family ; v. 3.
- Current issues in the family ; v. 3
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fathers--United States.
- Fathers.
- United States.
- Fatherhood--United States.
- Fatherhood.
- Father and child--United States.
- Father and child.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 279 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, [1997]
- Summary:
- Much contemporary scholarship on fathers comes from a deficit model, focusing on men's inadequacies as parents. This volume goes beyond a deficit model of fatherhood to what the editors term a generative fathering perspective'. This approach sees the work fathers do for their children in terms of caring for and contributing to the life of the next generation.
- Following a description of generative fathering, placing it in contrast to the role-inadequacy perspective of fatherhood, the contributors elaborate on generative fathering in terms of gender, ethnicity and historical perspectives. They present research that helps readers to understand generative fathering in challenging life circumstances, such as special-needs child
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-262) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0761901175
- 0761901183
- OCLC:
- 35317829
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