Situated Fathering
Subtitle: A Focus on Physical and Social Spaces
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Published: August 28, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 333
ISBN-13: 9780742545694
Subjects: Spatial behavior; Sociology - General; Psychological aspects; Social Science; Sociology; Sociology - Marriage & Family; Men's Studies - General; Parenting - Fatherhood; Non-Classifiable; Fatherhood
Description: "Until now, family scholars had not explicitly theorized and focused on how physical space shapes fathers' lives. A distinct volume of theoretical and empirical research, Situated Fathering addresses this oversight by proposing a new framework for studying how various contingencies of physical space in conjunction with social and symbolic issues affect men's identities as fathers and their involvement with children. Consistent with public interest in men's efforts to "be there" as providers and caregivers, this book explores issues associated with the barriers and supports to involvement that are part of the physical and social environment.

Written largely for family scholars and students, it emphasizes a future-oriented perspective by outlining directions for theoretically guided research in specific, often gendered, fathering sites."--Jacket.