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200 10$aDoing the best I can$b[electronic resource] $efatherhood in the inner city /$fKathryn Edin andTimothy J. Nelson
210   $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$d2013
215   $a1 online resource (313 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tACKNOWLEDGMENTS --$tIntroduction --$tONE. One Thing Leads to Another --$tTWO. Thank You, Jesus --$tTHREE. The Stupid Shit --$tFOUR. Ward Cleaver --$tFIVE. Sesame Street Mornings --$tSIX. Fight or Flight --$tSEVEN. Try, Try Again --$tEIGHT. The New Package Deal --$tAPPENDIX --$tNOTES --$tREFERENCES --$tINDEX
330   $aAcross 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.
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606   $aPoor children$zUnited States
606   $aSingle fathers$zUnited States
606   $aUnmarried fathers$zUnited States
610   $aanthropology.
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610   $agender and sex.
610   $agender studies.
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610   $asocial work.
610   $asocioeconomic studies.
610   $asociology of urban areas.
610   $asociology.
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610   $aunmarried fathers.
610   $aunwed fatherhood.
610   $aurban issues.
610   $aurban poor.
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