Hamer What It Means to Be Daddy

Fatherhood for Black Men Living Away from Their Children
1. Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-0-231-50510-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 272 Seiten

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Hamer, Jennifer

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Familiensoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Pädagogik: Sachbuch, Ratgeber

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Fathers' Lives in Context
Part 1: The World in Which Black Fathers Live
1. "There's No Such Thing as a Good Black Father": Standards of Fatherhood
2. Slavery, Civil War, and Reconstruction: Creating a Context for Black Live-Away Fatherhood
3. "Times Are Just Going to Get Worse.": Fathers Chasing the American Dream
Part 2: Expectations of Others
4. "Just Be There for the Baby": What Fathers Say Others Expect
5. "Black Men Can Do Better": What Mothers Say Fathers Do for Their Children
Part 3: Being Fathers
6.What Fathers Say They Do as Daddies
7. Live-Away, but Absent?
8. "Ain't Nothing Like Trying to be a Father and Trying to be a Man": Barriers to Being Daddy
Conclusion: "Got to Make Fatherhood Work for Us"—The Meaning of Fatherhood for Black Men Who Do Not Live with Their Children
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Jennifer F. Hamer is assistant professor of sociology at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville.