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1 online resource (197 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Summary |
Combining the best of the award-winning magazine Rad Dad and the Daddy Dialectic blog, this compilation features the best essays written for fathers by a multitude of dads from different walks of life. Bestselling authors, writers, musicians, and others collaborate on this collection that focuses on some of the modern complexities of fatherhood. Touching on topics such as the brutalities, beauties, and politics of the birth experience; the challenges of parenting on an equal basis with mothers; the tests faced by transgendered and gay fathers; the emotions of sperm donation; and parental confrontations with war, violence, racism, and incarceration, this anthology leaves no stone unturned in the discussion of being a dad. Contributors include: Steve Almond, Jack Amoureux, Mike Araujo, Mark Andersen, Jeff Chang, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Jeff Conant, Jason Denzin, Cory Doctorow, Craig Elliott, Chip Gagnon, Keith Hennessy, David L. Hoyt, Simon Knapus, Ian MacKaye, Tomas Moniz, Zappa Montag, Raj Patel, Jeremy Adam Smith, Jason Sperber, Burke Stansbury, Shawn Taylor, Tata, Jeff West, and Mark Whiteley.<P style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormal> |
| Contents |
Cover; Cover; Title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Copyright; Table of Contents; Table of Contents; Introduction: The Politics of Rad Dad, or Parenting Is about More than Pee, Poop, and Puberty; Introduction: The Politics of Rad Dad, or Parenting Is about More than Pee, Poop, and Puberty; Birth, Babies, and Toddlers; Birth, Babies, and Toddlers; Childhood; Childhood; Tweens and Teens; Tweens and Teens; Politics of Parenting: Gender, Race, Allies, Visions; Politics of Parenting: Gender, Race, Allies, Visions; Interviews with Rad Dads; Interviews with Rad Dads; Conclusion: Storytelling. |
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Conclusion: StorytellingContributor Biographies; Contributor Biographies. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Fatherhood.
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Fatherhood. |
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Parenting -- Fatherhood. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Fatherhood. |
| Genre/Form |
Essays.
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Essays.
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| Added Author |
Moniz, Tomas, editor.
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Smith, Jeremy Adam, 1970- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Rad dad. Oakland, Calif. : Pm Press, 2011 9781604864816 (OCoLC)707327801 |
| ISBN |
9781604866124 (electronic book) |
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1604866128 (electronic book) |
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9781604866100 (electronic book) |
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1604866101 (electronic book) |
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9781604864816 |
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1604864818 |
| Music No. |
MWT11330265 |
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