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1 online resource (ix, 169 pages) |
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-157) and index. |
| Contents |
Introducing a new concept : black single custodial fathers -- Choosing to parent on their own -- Being all things to all their children : parenting roles and behavioral goals -- Fathering daughters and sons : the role of the child's gender -- Negotiating racial identity and socialization -- Is fathering good for fathers? -- Single custodial fathers and institutional policies. |
| Summary |
The Best Kept Secret studies the often-overlooked group of single, African American custodial fathers. While the media focuses on the increase of single mothers and the decline in marriage in the black community, Roberta Coles paints a nuanced picture of single black dads. Based on qualitative research, the author looks at the parenting experience of these fathers, who may have become single parents through nonmarital births, divorce, widowhood and adoption. The fathers, ranging in age from 20 to 76, discuss their motivations for taking custody of their children, what roles they enact as paren. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
African American single fathers.
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African American single fathers. |
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African American single fathers -- Psychology.
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Psychology. |
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Child rearing -- United States.
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Child rearing. |
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United States. |
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Parenting -- United States.
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African American families -- Social conditions.
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African American families -- Social conditions. |
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African American families. |
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Parenting. |
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Parenting -- Fatherhood. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: The best kept secret Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2009. 9780742564251 (cloth : alk. paper) (DLC) 2008037890 |
| ISBN |
9780742566125 ebook |
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9780742564251 cloth alkaline paper |
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0742564258 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780742566125 electronic |
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0742566129 electronic |
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128249712X |
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0742566129 ebook |
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9781282497122 |
| Standard No. |
9786612497124 |
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