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Doing the best I can- [electronic resource] : fatherhood in the inner city
Doing the best I can- [electronic resource] : fatherhood in the inner city
- 자료유형
- 단행본
- International Standard Book Number
- 0520955137 (electronic bk.)
- International Standard Book Number
- 9780520955134 (electronic bk.)
- International Standard Book Number
- 9780520274068 (cloth : alk. paper)
- International Standard Book Number
- 0520274067 (cloth : alk. paper)
- Library of Congress Call Number
- HV700.7-.E35 2013
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 362.82/940973-23
- Main Entry-Personal Name
- Edin, Kathryn , 1962-
- Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint
- Berkeley : University of California Press, 2013
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (x, 284 p, [16] p of plates) : ill.
- Bibliography, Etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Formatted Contents Note
- 완전내용One thing leads to another -- Thank you, Jesus -- The stupid shit -- Ward Cleaver -- Sesame Street mornings -- Fight or flight -- Try, try again -- The new package deal.
- Formatted Contents Note
- 완전내용Getting together -- Embracing fatherhood -- The new package deal -- Doing the best I can -- Being there -- Fragile fatherhood -- The family-go-round -- (Re)claiming fatherhood.
- Summary, Etc.
- 요약"Across the political spectrum, unwed fatherhood is denounced as one of the leading social problems of today. Doing the Best I Can is a strikingly rich, paradigm-shifting look at fatherhood among inner-city men often dismissed as "deadbeat dads." Kathryn Edin and Timothy J. Nelson examine how couples in challenging straits come together and get pregnant so quickly -- without planning. The authors chronicle the high hopes for forging lasting family bonds that pregnancy inspires, and pinpoint the fatal flaws that often lead to the relationship's demise. They offer keen insight into a radical redefinition of family life where the father-child bond is central and parental ties are peripheral. Drawing on years of fieldwork, Doing the Best I Can shows how mammoth economic and cultural changes have transformed the meaning of fatherhood among the urban poor. Intimate interviews with more than 100 fathers make real the significant obstacles faced by low-income men at every step in the familial process: from the difficulties of romantic relationships, to decision-making dilemmas at conception, to the often celebratory moment of birth, and finally to the hardships that accompany the early years of the child's life, and beyond."--Provided by publisher.
- Subject Added Entry-Topical Term
- Unmarried fathers United States
- Subject Added Entry-Topical Term
- Single fathers United States
- Subject Added Entry-Topical Term
- Fatherhood United States
- Subject Added Entry-Topical Term
- Poor children United States
- Subject Added Entry-Topical Term
- SELF-HELP / Adult Children of Substance Abusers.
- Subject Added Entry-Topical Term
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies.
- Added Entry-Personal Name
- Nelson, Timothy Jon.
- Additional Physical Form Entry
- Print versionEdin, Kathryn, 1962- Doing the best I can. Berkeley : University of California Press, 2013 9780520274068 0520274067 (DLC) 2012030147
- Electronic Location and Access
- 로그인을 한후 보실 수 있는 자료입니다.
- Control Number
- joongbu:423669