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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hawkins, Dr. Alan J.
Otros Autores: Dollahite, Dr. David C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 1996.
Colección:Current issues in the family.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (297 pages)
ISBN:9781452248967
1452248966