Fathers across Cultures (eBook, ePUB)

The Importance, Roles, and Diverse Practices of Dads
Redaktion: Roopnarine, Jaipaul L.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This volume offers a comprehensive, up-to-date synopsis of fathering and father-child relationships in diverse regions of the world, helping students and practitioners alike understand cultural variations in male parenting. Interest in the role of the father and his influence on children's development and economic well-being has grown considerably. This edited volume uses detailed accounts to provide culturally situated analysis of fathering in cultures around the world. The book's contributors, a multidisciplinary group of scholars, bring together the most recent theoretical thinking and research findings on fatherhood and fathering in cultural communities across developed, recently developed, and developing societies. They address such issues as fathering and gender equality in caregiving, concepts of masculinity in contemporary societies, fathering in various ethnic groups, immigrant fathers, fathering and childhood outcomes, and social policies as they affect and are affected by issues related to fathering. Organized geographically, the book scrutinizes major sociocultural, demographic, economic, and other factors that influence men's relationships within families. It shows how economic conditions impact men's involvement with children and considers the effects of ideological belief systems and views of spousal/partner roles and responsibilities. The analysis is underpinned by recent data that underscores the significance of fathers' involvement with and investment in the well-being of their children.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 472
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. August 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216083535
• Artikelnr.: 68164958

Autorenporträt

Jaipaul L. Roopnarine, PhD, is Jack Reilly Professor of Child and Family Studies, director of the Jack Reilly Institute for Early Childhood and Provider Education, and adjunct professor of teaching and leadership in the School of Education, Syracuse University.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: Toward
a Pancultural Understanding of Constructions and Meanings of Fathering
Jaipaul L. Roopnarine LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 2. African-Caribbean
Fathers: The Conflict between Masculinity and Fathering Patricia Anderson
and Camille Daley 3. Fathering in Brazil Ana M. A. Carvalho, Lucia V. C.
Moreira, and Yumi Gosso 4. Fathering in México Alejandra Salguero Velázquez
EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA 5. Contemporary Fatherhood in Sweden: Fathering
across Work and Family Life Lars Plantin 6. Fatherhood and Fathering in
Eastern Europe Zhanna Kravchenko and Mihaela Robila 7. Fathers in
Portugal: From Old to New Masculinities Karin Wall 8. African American
Fathers and Families within Cultural and Historical Perspective Vivian L.
Gadsden, James Earl Davis, and Cleopatra Jacobs Johnson 9. Latino Fathers:
Myths, Realities, and Challenges Robert P. Moreno and Susan S. Chuang 10.
Indigenous Fathers' Journeys in Canada: Turning around Disrupted Circles of
Care Jessica Ball and Sarah Moselle 11. European American Fathers Rob
Palkovitz, Kimberly Dutton, and James W. Hull ASIA 12. Indian Fathers:
Traditional with Changes on the Horizon Jaipaul L. Roopnarine and Mine
Göl-Güven 13. Fathering in Chinese Culture: Traditions and Transitions
Xuan Li and Michael E. Lamb 14. Fathering in Japan Jun Nakazawa TURKEY,
ISRAEL, AND ARAB AND NON-ARAB ISLAMIC SOCIETIES 15. Fathering in Turkey
Aysegul Metindogan 16. Fathers in Israel: Contextualizing Images of
Fatherhood Roni Strier 17. Fathers across Arab and Non-Arab Islamic
Societies Ziarat Hossain and Rumaya Juhari AFRICA 18. Black Fathers in
South Africa Tawanda Makusha and Linda Richter 19. Fathering in Kenya
Teresa Mwoma 20. Conclusion Jaipaul L. Roopnarine About the Editor and
Contributors Index