04668nam 2201105Ia 450 991081118990332120230803025539.00-520-95513-710.1525/9780520955134(CKB)2670000000339460(EBL)1138204(OCoLC)829905915(SSID)ssj0000833071(PQKBManifestationID)11418298(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000833071(PQKBWorkID)10935545(PQKB)10397995(MiAaPQ)EBC1138204(DE-B1597)520080(OCoLC)1100833813(DE-B1597)9780520955134(Au-PeEL)EBL1138204(CaPaEBR)ebr10665993(CaONFJC)MIL457580(EXLCZ)99267000000033946020120809d2013 ub 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrDoing the best I can[electronic resource] fatherhood in the inner city /Kathryn Edin andTimothy J. NelsonBerkeley University of California Press20131 online resource (313 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-28392-9 0-520-27406-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --CONTENTS --ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --Introduction --ONE. One Thing Leads to Another --TWO. Thank You, Jesus --THREE. The Stupid Shit --FOUR. Ward Cleaver --FIVE. Sesame Street Mornings --SIX. Fight or Flight --SEVEN. Try, Try Again --EIGHT. The New Package Deal --APPENDIX --NOTES --REFERENCES --INDEXAcross the political spectrum, unwed fatherhood is denounced as one of the leading social problems of today. Doing the Best I Can is a strikingly rich, paradigm-shifting look at fatherhood among inner-city men often dismissed as "deadbeat dads." Kathryn Edin and Timothy J. Nelson examine how couples in challenging straits come together and get pregnant so quickly-without planning. The authors chronicle the high hopes for forging lasting family bonds that pregnancy inspires, and pinpoint the fatal flaws that often lead to the relationship's demise. They offer keen insight into a radical redefinition of family life where the father-child bond is central and parental ties are peripheral. Drawing on years of fieldwork, Doing the Best I Can shows how mammoth economic and cultural changes have transformed the meaning of fatherhood among the urban poor. Intimate interviews with more than 100 fathers make real the significant obstacles faced by low-income men at every step in the familial process: from the difficulties of romantic relationships, to decision-making dilemmas at conception, to the often celebratory moment of birth, and finally to the hardships that accompany the early years of the child's life, and beyond.FatherhoodUnited StatesPoor childrenUnited StatesSingle fathersUnited StatesUnmarried fathersUnited Statesanthropology.blended families.career.character.children.class.cultural changes.deadbeat dads.engaging.familial process.family.fatherhood.gender and sex.gender studies.human rights.incarceration.inner city men.morals.poverty.prison.race and culture.race.relationships.romantic relationships.social issues.social problems.social science.social work.socioeconomic studies.sociology of urban areas.sociology.understanding men and boys.unmarried fathers.unwed fatherhood.urban issues.urban poor.virtue.FatherhoodPoor childrenSingle fathersUnmarried fathers362.82/940973Edin Kathryn1962-1041137Nelson Timothy Jon1617141MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811189903321Doing the best I can4115073UNINA