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Autore |
Townsend Nicholas |
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Titolo |
Package Deal [[electronic resource] ] : Marriage, Work And Fatherhood In Men'S Lives |
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Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-89619-9 |
9786612896194 |
1-4399-0619-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (263 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Fatherhood |
Fatherhood -- United States |
Fathers |
Men -- United States |
Middle aged men |
Sex role -- United States |
Gender & Ethnic Studies |
Social Sciences |
Gender Studies & Sexuality |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Contradictions and Complications; 2. Package Deals and Scripts; 3. The Four Facets of Fatherhood; 4. Marriage: The Women in the Middle; 5. Employment as Fatherhood; 6. Home Ownership: Housing the Family; 7. Fathers of Fathers: Kinship and Gender; 8. Implications; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Notes; References; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In this important new work, Nicholas Townsend explores what men say about being fathers, and about what fatherhood means to them. He shows how men negotiate the prevailing cultural values about fatherhood, marriage, employment, and home ownership that he conceptualizes as a ""package deal."" Townsend identifies the conflicts |
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