Fatherhood Politics in the United States – Masculinity, Sexuality, Race, and Ma…

Fatherhood Politics in the United StatesMasculinity, Sexuality, Race, and Marriage\nAuthor(s): Anna Gavanas\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Illinois Press, United States\nImprint: University of Illinois Press\nISBN-13: 9780252028847, 978-0252028847\nSynopsis\nAre fathers being marginalized in the contemporary family? Responding to fears that they are, the self-proclaimed \""fatherhood responsibility movement\"" (FRM) has worked since the mid-1990s to put fatherhood at the center of [url] national politics. Anna Gavanas's Fatherhood Politics in the United States analyzes the processes, reveals the internal struggles, and traces the myths that drive this powerful movement.\n Unlike previous investigations that rely on literary or other secondary sources, Fatherhood Politics works from primary ethnographic material to represent a wider range of voices and actors. Interacting with and interviewing members of the most powerful and well-known national fatherhood organizations, G.