Generative Fathering : Beyond Deficit Perspectives.
Much contemporary scholarship on fathers comes from a deficit model, focusing on men's inadequacies as parents. This volume goes beyond a deficit model of fatherhood to what the editors term a ̀generative fathering perspective'. This approach sees the work fathers do for their children in...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Thousand Oaks :
SAGE Publications,
1996.
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| Series: | Current issues in the family.
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| Summary: | Much contemporary scholarship on fathers comes from a deficit model, focusing on men's inadequacies as parents. This volume goes beyond a deficit model of fatherhood to what the editors term a ̀generative fathering perspective'. This approach sees the work fathers do for their children in terms of caring for and contributing to the life of the next generation. Following a description of generative fathering, placing it in contrast to the role-inadequacy perspective of fatherhood, the contributors elaborate on generative fathering in terms of gender, ethnicity and historical perspectives. They. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (297 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781452248967 1452248966 |