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Fathering from the Margins - An Intimate Examination of Black Fatherhood (Hardcover)
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Fathering from the Margins - An Intimate Examination of Black Fatherhood (Hardcover)
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Despite a decade of sociological research documenting that black
fathers' level of engagement with their children is equal to or
higher than average, stereotypes of black men as "deadbeat dads"
still shape popular perceptions and scholarly discourse. In
Fathering from the Margins, the sociologist Aasha M. Abdill draws
on four years of fieldwork in low-income, predominantly black
Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, to dispel these destructive
assumptions. She considers the obstacles faced-and the strategies
used-by black men with children. Abdill presents qualitative and
quantitative evidence that confirms the increasing presence of
black fathers in their communities, arguing that changing social
norms about gender roles in black families have shifted fathering
behaviors. Black men in communities such as Bed-Stuy still face
social and structural disadvantages, including disproportionate
unemployment and incarceration, with significant implications for
family life. Against this backdrop, black fathers attempt to
reconcile contradictory beliefs about what makes one a good father
and what makes one a respected man by developing different
strategies for expressing affection and providing parental support.
Black men's involvement with their children is affected by the
attitudes of their peers, the media, and especially the women of
their families and communities: from the grandmothers who often
become gatekeepers to involvement in a child's life to the
female-dominated sectors of childcare, primary school, and
family-service provision. Abdill shows how supporting black men in
their quest to be-and be seen as-family men is the key to securing
not only their children's well-being but also their own.
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