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Masculinity and Fathering in Jamaica

Masculinity and Fathering in Jamaica

Anderson, Patricia

Paperback

General Gender StudiesGeneral Racism & Ethnic StudiesMen's Studies

ISBN10: 976640836X
ISBN13: 9789766408367
Publisher: University of the West Indies Press
Published: Mar 1 2021
Pages: 402
Weight: 1.29
Height: 0.89 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Why do many Jamaican men acknowledge the importance of love, but also believe that men have the right to physically discipline their partners? How far does fathering become a journey of personal self-development? What happens to outside children when the father also has children at home? Why do fathers believe that they must toughen their sons? These are some of the questions which are carefully explored in this groundbreaking study of Jamaican fathers. The study departs from the tradition of Caribbean family research in which the focus has usually been placed on women and on households and instead gives men the opportunity to speak for themselves. Unlike the familiar emphasis on low-income households, this new study interviewed men across a range of social classes and within different community contexts. As a result, the impact of harsh economic conditions is unmistakable in limiting the ability of Jamaican men to translate their fathering commitment into active and continuing involvement.

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