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Package Deal : Marriage, Work And Fatherhood In Men'S Lives
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Townsend, Nicholas.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fatherhood.
- Fatherhood--United States.
- Fathers.
- Men--United States.
- Middle aged men.
- Sex role--United States.
- Local Subjects:
- Fatherhood.
- Fatherhood--United States.
- Fathers.
- Men--United States.
- Middle aged men.
- Sex role--United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (263 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this important new work, Nicholas Townsend explores what men say about being fathers, and about what fatherhood means to them. He shows how men negotiate the prevailing cultural values about fatherhood, marriage, employment, and home ownership that he conceptualizes as a ""package deal."" Townsend identifies the conflicts and contradictions within the gendered expectations of men and fathers, and analyzes the social and economic contexts that make emotionally involved fathering an elusive ideal.Drawing on the lives and life stories of a group of men in their late forties who graduated from
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Contradictions and Complications; 2. Package Deals and Scripts; 3. The Four Facets of Fatherhood; 4. Marriage: The Women in the Middle; 5. Employment as Fatherhood; 6. Home Ownership: Housing the Family; 7. Fathers of Fathers: Kinship and Gender; 8. Implications; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Notes; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 9786612896194
- 9781282896192
- 1282896199
- 9781439906194
- 143990619X
- OCLC:
- 676697550
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