Situated Fathering: A Focus on Physical and Social SpacesWilliam Marsiglio, Kevin Roy, Greer Litton Fox Rowman & Littlefield, 2005 - 333 pages When men act as parents they do so in diverse physical and social spaces imbued with symbolic meaning. They father in the military overseas, on the farm, in dilapidated inner cities, immersed in ethnic neighborhoods, navigating idealized places of leisure where families go, as stepfathers in spaces where physical dimensions and family meanings intersect, as nonresident fathers managing less than ideal conditions, rolling across the interstate as long-haul truckers, playing catch alongside the house, managing precious family-time in prison work-release programs, as participants in community fatherhood initiatives, etc. Until now, family scholars had not explicitly theorized and focused on how physical space shapes fathers' lives. A distinct volume of theoretical and empirical research, Situated Fathering addresses this oversight by proposing a new framework for studying how various contingencies of physical space, in conjunction with social/symbolic issues, affect men's identities as fathers and their involvement with children. Consistent with public interest in men's efforts to "be there" as providers and caregivers, this book explores issues associated with the barriers and supports to involvement that are part of the physical and social environment. Written largely for family scholars and students, it emphasizes a future-oriented perspective by outlining directions for theoretically guided research in specific, often gendered fathering sites. |
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... Promise Keepers stadium rally ) . How we conceptualize fathering and physical sites is indirectly related Situated Fathering 5.
... Promise Keepers stadium rally ) . How we conceptualize fathering and physical sites is indirectly related Situated Fathering 5.
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... Promise Keepers , New Warriors , and groups for low - income or nonresidential fathers ) are designed to increase men's awareness of their children's needs and improve their ability to nurture and economically provide for them . Fathers ...
... Promise Keepers , New Warriors , and groups for low - income or nonresidential fathers ) are designed to increase men's awareness of their children's needs and improve their ability to nurture and economically provide for them . Fathers ...
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... Promise Keepers rallies , where fathers promise to love , protect , and live out biblical values in service of their families , to synagogue services where fathers recite an aliyah ( blessing ) for their newborn son or daughter ...
... Promise Keepers rallies , where fathers promise to love , protect , and live out biblical values in service of their families , to synagogue services where fathers recite an aliyah ( blessing ) for their newborn son or daughter ...
Contents
A Spatially Sensitive and Social Approach | 3 |
An Essay | 27 |
Fathers and the Navigation of Family Space and Time | 49 |
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