The package deal : marriage, work, and fatherhood in men's lives

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The package deal : marriage, work, and fatherhood in men's lives

Nicholas W. Townsend

Temple University Press, 2002

  • hbk.
  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-240) and index

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巻冊次

hbk. ISBN 9781566399579

内容説明

In this important new work, Nicholas Townsend explores what men say about being fathers, and about what fatherhood means to them. He shows how men negotiate the prevailing cultural values about fatherhood, marriage, employment, and home ownership that he conceptualizes as a 'package deal'. Townsend identifies the conflicts and contradictions within the gendered expectations of men and fathers, and analyzes the social and economic contexts that make emotionally involved fathering an elusive ideal.Drawing on the lives and life stories of a group of men in their late forties who graduated from high school together in the early 1970s, "The Package Deal" demystifies culture's image of fatherhood in the United States. These men are depicted as neither villains nor victims, but as making their best efforts to achieve successful adult masculinity.This book shows what fathers really think about fatherhood, the division of labor between fathers and mothers, the gendered difference in expectations, and the privileging of the relationship between fathers and sons. These revealing accounts of how fatherhood fits into the rest of men's lives help us better understand what men can and cannot do as fathers. And they clearly illustrate that women are not alone in trying to 'have it all' as they strive to combine work and family. Author note: Nicholas W. Townsend has investigated the connections between men and families in the United States and southern Africa. He is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Brown University.

目次

Acknowledgments 1. Contradictions and Complications 2. Package Deals and Scripts 3. The Four Facets of Fatherhood 4. Marriage: The Women in the Middle 5. Employment as Fatherhood 6. Home Ownership: Housing the Family 7. Fathers of Fathers: Kinship and Gender 8. Implications Appendix A: The Men from Meadowview High School Appendix B: Bibliographic Essay Notes References Index
巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9781566399586

内容説明

A book about understanding men's lives in the modern world

目次

Acknowledgments1. Contradictions and Complications2. Package Deals and Scripts3. The Four Facets of Fatherhood4. Marriage: The Women in the Middle5. Employment as Fatherhood6. Home Ownership: Housing the Family7. Fathers of Fathers: Kinship and Gender8. ImplicationsAppendix A: The Men from Meadowview High SchoolAppendix B: Bibliographic EssayNotesReferencesIndex

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