Absent fathers, the breakdown of the nuclear family, and
single-mother households are often blamed for the poor quality of
life experienced by many African American children. Jennifer F.
Hamer challenges both the imposition of an inappropriate value
system and the resulting ineffectual social policies. Most of what
we know about fathers who do not live with their children is based
on interviews with the mothers; this book is based on interviews
with the fathers themselves. How do these fathers perceive their
roles and responsibilities?
This myth-shattering book challenges stereotypes of negotiating
parenthood within the context of poverty, live-away status, and
black American manhood. Hamer has collected the voices of
eighty-eight men who participated in this study by first examining
the macro or cultural elements that encompass men's daily lives. As
part 1 explores these larger forces that define the social world of
fathers, part 2 looks at what significant others expect of men as
fathers and how they behave under these circumstances. Part 3
analyzes the particular parenting roles and functions of fathers,
using narratives of individual men to tell their own stories. In
this book, contemporary black live-away fathers talk about their
goals, walk us through their workplaces, allow us to meet their
families and children, and enable us to view the world of
parenthood through their eyes.
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