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What it means to be daddy : fatherhood for Black men living away from their children

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.

Record details

ISBN: 9780231115551
ISBN: 0231115555
ISBN: 9780231115544
ISBN: 0231115547
ISBN: 9780231505109
ISBN: 0231505108
Physical Description: remote
1 online resource (xi, 258 pages)
Publisher: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2001.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-246) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- 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 -- 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
Restrictions on Access Note:	NLC staff and students only.
Language Note:	In English.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.