What it means to be daddy : fatherhood for Black men living away from their children /
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...
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| Formato: | Licensed eBooks |
| Idioma: | inglês |
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New York :
Columbia University Press
©2001.
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| Acesso em linha: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7312/hame11554 |
| Resumo: | 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. |
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| Descrição Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 258 pages) |
| Bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-246) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780231505109 0231505108 9780231115544 0231115547 9780231115551 0231115555 |