Fatherhood reclaimed : the making of the modern father / Adrienne Burgess.
By: Burgess, Adrienne
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BookPublisher: London : Vermilion, 1998Description: 248 p. ; 20 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0091816548.Subject(s): FatherhoodDDC classification: 306.8742 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 306.8742 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00075539 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Providing an exploration of modern fatherhood, this book is based on sociological, anthropological and historical research. It draws on interviews with a wide range of fathers as well as excerpts from diaries and biographies to look at the experience of being a father.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-240) and index.
Images of fatherhood: from god to geek -- The private lives of fathers: 1790-1990 -- The natural father: cad or dad? -- Becoming a father: lessons in exclusion -- The working father: a different world -- Divorce and after: bringing fathers back in.