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This book examines fatherhood politics, the most prominent fatherhood organizations, and, in the author's opinion, it's fragmentation into two wings--the fragile family wing and the pro-marriage wing.

Table of Contents

Contents Preface Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Contested Terrain of U.S.Fatherhood Politics 2. Pro-Marriage Fatherhood 3. Fragile Family Fatherhood 4. Religion and Sports as Common Grounds for Masculinization 5. Naughty by Nature Conclusion Appendix: Fieldwork Processes Bibliography Index

Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Fatherhood Social aspects United States, Masculinity United States, Sex role United States, Marriage United States, Fatherhood Responsibility Movement

About the Author

Anna Gavanas is currently a Marie Curie Fellow at the University of Leeds. Her articles on fatherhood movements have appeared in edited volumes and several scholarly journals.
 

Reviews

"Anna Gavanas brings a vital international perspective to a uniquely American phenomenon. Her approach to the fatherhood responsibility movement is that of a social anthropologist sensitive to culture as well as politics. The result is an original yet troubling portrait of contemporary American gender relations." -- John Gillis, Professor of History, Rutgers University