What It Means to Be Daddy Fatherhood for Black Men Living Away from Their Children

Name: What It Means to Be Daddy Fatherhood for Black Men Living Away from Their Children
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ISBN: 9780231115551

ISBN-10: 0231115555

ISBN-13: 9780231115551

Edition: 2001

Authors: Jennifer Hamer, Jennifer F. Hamer

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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 black American manhood.…

Book details

List price: $34.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 4/18/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 0.63" wide x 0.91" long x 0.06" tall
Weight: 0.792



Acknowledgments


What It Means to Be Daddy


Introduction: Fathers' Lives in Context



The World in Which Black Fathers Live



There's No Such Thing as a Good Black Father



Slavery, Civil War, and Reconstruction



Times Are Just Going to Get Worse



Just Be There for the Baby



Black Men Can Do Better



Being Fathers



What Fathers Say They Do as Daddies



Live-Away, but Absent?



Ain't Nothing like Trying to Be a Father and Trying to Be a Man


Conclusion: Got to Make Fatherhood Work for Us


Notes


Bibliography


Index