"In Do Men Mother? Andrea Doucet looks at the experiences of stay-at-home dads and single fathers and explores these fathers' impact on family life in Canada in recent years. Using evidence gathered in a four-year in-depth qualitative study,...
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"In Do Men Mother? Andrea Doucet looks at the experiences of stay-at-home dads and single fathers and explores these fathers' impact on family life in Canada in recent years. Using evidence gathered in a four-year in-depth qualitative study, including interviews with over one hundred fathers - from truck drivers to insurance salesmen, physicians to artists - Doucet illustrates how men are breaking the mould of traditional parenting models."--Jacket
Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-332) and index
Introduction : Do men mother?pt. 1. Coming to know fathers' stories -- Studying men, mothering, and fathering -- Knowing fathers' stories through gossamer walls -- Understanding fathers as primary caregivers -- pt. 2. Do men mother? Fathering and responsibilities -- Fathers and emotional responsibility -- Fathers and community responsibility -- Fathering, mothering, and moral responsibility -- pt. 3. Conclusion and postscript : men and fathering -- Conclusion : Men reconstructing fathering -- Postscript : Revisiting an epistemology of reception -- Appendix A : Who are the fathers? -- Appendix B : Interviewing : 'coaxing' fathers' stories -- Appendix C : Data analysis : the listening guide.
