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What it means to be daddy : fatherhood for Black men living away from their children / Jennifer Hamer.
LIBRA E185.86 .H28 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hamer, Jennifer.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American fathers.
- African American fathers--Psychology.
- Absentee fathers--United States.
- Absentee fathers.
- African American families.
- African American families--History.
- Fatherless families--United States.
- Fatherless families.
- Fatherhood--Social aspects--United States.
- Fatherhood.
- African Americans--Social conditions--1975-.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Social conditions.
- Fatherhood--Social aspects.
- History.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 258 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2001]
- Summary:
- Absent fathers and households headed by single mothers are frequently blamed for the poor quality of life of African-American children. This book challenges these assumptions, arguing that they are largely an unfair reflection of non-working class white American values. Hamer places the behaviors of black non-custodial fathers in their social, political, and economic contexts and describes these fatherless families from the perspectives of the families themselves.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Fathers' Lives in Context 1
- Part 1 The World in Which Black Fathers Live
- 1. "There's No Such Thing as a Good Black Father": Standards of Fatherhood 17
- 2. Slavery, Civil War, and Reconstruction: Creating a Context for Black Live-Away Fatherhood 33
- 3. "Times Are Just Going to Get Worse...": Fathers Chasing the American Dream 53
- Part 2 Expectations of Others
- 4. "Just Be There for the Baby": What Fathers Say Others Expect 77
- 5. "Black Men Can Do Better": What Mothers Say Fathers Do for Their Children 102
- Part 3 Being Fathers
- 6. What Fathers Say They Do as Daddies 131
- 7. Live-Away, but Absent? 151
- 8. "Ain't Nothing Like Trying to be a Father and Trying to be a Man": Barriers to Being Daddy 176
- Conclusion: "Got to Make Fatherhood Work for Us"
- The Meaning of Fatherhood for Black Men Who Do Not Live with Their Children 199.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-246) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0231115547
- 0231115555
- OCLC:
- 45137693
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