What It Means to Be Daddy: Fatherhood for Black Men Living Away

Publisher: Columbia University Press (View Publisher's Titles)

US SRP: $ 31.50 US

Binding: Paperback - Other Formats

Pub Date: April 11, 2001

Annotation:

Absent fathers and households headed by single mothers are frequently blamed for the poor quality of life of African-American children. This book challenges these assumptions, arguing that they are largely an unfair reflection of non-working class white American values. Hamer places the behaviors of black non-custodial fathers in their social, political, and economic contexts and describes these fatherless families from the perspectives of the families themselves.