Material Type  

 단행본

Date and Time of Latest Transaction  

20140127111332

ISBN  

0520955137 (electronic bk.)

ISBN  

9780520955134 (electronic bk.)

ISBN  

9780520274068 (cloth : alk. paper)

ISBN  

0520274067 (cloth : alk. paper)

LC Callnumber  

HV700.7-.E35 2013

DDC  

362.82/940973-23

Author  

Edin, Kathryn , 1962-

Title/Author  

Doing the best I can - [electronic resource] : fatherhood in the inner city / Kathryn Edin and Timothy J. Nelson

Publish Info  

Berkeley : University of California Press, 2013

Material Info  

1 online resource (x, 284 p, [16] p of plates) : ill.

서지주기  

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.

Abstracts/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  

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joongbu:423669