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Author Black, Timothy, author.

Title It's a setup : fathering from the social and economic margins / Timothy Black and Sky Keyes.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 342 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents "It's the economy, stupid" -- Welfare reform and market economy -- "I ain't no fucking check, I'm a father" -- Public housing and the streets -- Fathering through the looking glass -- Intimacy, masculinity, and relating -- Fathers making sense of it all.
Summary "The norms and expectations of father involvement have changed rapidly within one to two generations. Socially and economically marginalized fathers are being exposed to these messages through popular culture and the media, in state welfare, child protection, prisons, and probation offices, as well as in child support and family courts. Moreover, they are being told that it is up to them to make better choices, to get themselves together, and to be involved fathers. Based on life history interviews with 138 low-income fathers, Black and Keyes show that fathers have internalized these messages and sound determined. After all, there is social worth in fatherhood, hope for creating meaningful lives or new beginnings, the fantasy of leaving something of value behind in the world, and a stake in resisting stigmatizing labels like the deadbeat dad. Most will, however, fall short for several reasons: first, while the expectations for father involvement were increasing, state and economic support for low income families was decreasing; second, vulnerable fathers often lack viable models to guide them; third, living in dangerous neighborhoods compromises fatherhood and leaves fathers at odds with dominant institutional narratives about being nurturing fathers, and fourth, the dark side of poverty, inscribed on bodies and minds, leaves some struggling with childhood traumas and unhealthy routines to mitigate or numb these painful developmental disruptions. Consequently, the authors assert that without transformative economic, political and social change that would facilitate and support engaged and nurturing fatherhood, these fathers are being "set-up.""-- Provided by publisher.
Note Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 12, 2020).
Subject Fathers -- United States -- Social conditions -- Case studies.
Fathers -- United States -- Economic conditions -- Case studies.
Fathers -- United States -- Interviews.
Fatherhood -- Social aspects -- United States.
Fatherhood -- Economic aspects -- United States.
Marginality, Social -- United States.
Fatherhood -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst00921859
Fathers. (OCoLC)fst00921865
Fathers -- Economic conditions. (OCoLC)fst00921874
Fathers -- Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst00921888
Marginality, Social. (OCoLC)fst01009156
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Case studies. (OCoLC)fst01423765
Interviews. (OCoLC)fst01423832
Added Author Keyes, Sky, author.
Other Form: Print version: Black, Timothy. It's a set up New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020. 9780190062217 (DLC) 2020023818
ISBN 9780190062248 electronic book
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9780190062231 electronic book
0190062231 electronic book
9780190062217 hardcover
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