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1 online resource (240 pages) |
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Book collections on Project MUSE
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UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. Global Cultural Studies
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| Contents |
Acknowledgments; Introduction: When You Comin' Home, Dad?; 1. Ángel Nieto: The Leading Edge of Change; 2. The Problem of Language: Can Fathers Mother?; 3. Tom Andrejev: The Matter of Trust; 4. TV Dads: One Step Forward and Two Steps Back; 5. Darryl Smith: Recovering Our Own Fathers; 6. Poppins versus Kramer: Dad, You Have Really Changed!; 7. Ronnie Huang: What If We Don't Put Him in Day Care?; 8. TV Commercials and the New American Family; 9. Kevin Knussman: Th e Trooper Dad; Epilogue; Afterword; Appendix A: Comparative Word Frequency (2006 and 2009) |
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Appendix B: AT & T Wireless Commercial, "Business Trip," Shot Sequence (Approximate)Appendix C: Comparative Word Frequency (2004 and 2006); Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Fatherhood is evolving in America. Stay at home dads are becoming more commonplace; men are becoming more visible in domestic, caregiving activities. In Men Can, writer, teacher, and father Donald Unger uses his personal experiences, stories of real-life families, as well as representations of fathers in film, on television, and in advertising, to illuminate the role of men in the increasingly fluid domestic sphere. In thoughtful interviews, Don Unger tells the stories of a half dozen families-of varied ethnicities, geographical locations, and philosophical |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-222) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Father and child -- United States
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Parenting -- United States
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Fathers -- United States.
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Fatherhood -- United States
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Father and child.
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Fatherhood.
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Fathers.
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Parenting.
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United States.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2009048500 |
| ISBN |
1282732374 |
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9781282732377 |
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9786612732379 |
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6612732377 |
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1439900027 |
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9781439900024 |
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