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As the changes in the traditional family accelerated toward the end of the twentieth century, a great deal of attention came to focus on fathers, both modern and ancient. While academics and politicians alike singled out the conspicuous and growing absence of the modern father as a crucial factor affecting contemporary family and social dynamics, ancient historians and classicists have rarely explored ancient father-absence, despite the likelihood that nearly a third of all children in the ancient Mediterranean world were fatherless before they turned fifteen. The proportion of children raised by single mothers, relatives, step-parents, or others was thus at least as high in antiquity as it is today. This book assesses the wide-ranging impact high levels of chronic father-absence had on the cultures, politics, and families of the ancient world.

Civilization, Ancient --- Civilization, Greco-Roman --- Fatherless families --- Fathers in literature. --- Families, Fatherless --- Father-separated children --- Fatherless family --- Matrifocal families --- Single-parent families --- Greco-Roman civilization --- Civilization, Classical --- Ancient civilization --- Social aspects. --- History --- Arts and Humanities

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Absent fathers, the breakdown of the nuclear family, and single-mother households are often blamed for the poor quality of life experienced by many African American children. Jennifer F. Hamer challenges both the imposition of an inappropriate value system and the resulting ineffectual social policies. Most of what we know about fathers who do not live with their children is based on interviews with the mothers; this book is based on interviews with the fathers themselves. How do these fathers perceive their roles and responsibilities? This myth-shattering book challenges stereotypes of negotiating parenthood within the context of poverty, live-away status, and black American manhood. Hamer has collected the voices of eighty-eight men who participated in this study by first examining the macro or cultural elements that encompass men's daily lives. As part 1 explores these larger forces that define the social world of fathers, part 2 looks at what significant others expect of men as fathers and how they behave under these circumstances. Part 3 analyzes the particular parenting roles and functions of fathers, using narratives of individual men to tell their own stories. In this book, contemporary black live-away fathers talk about their goals, walk us through their workplaces, allow us to meet their families and children, and enable us to view the world of parenthood through their eyes.

African American fathers --- Absentee fathers --- African American families --- Fatherless families --- Fatherhood --- African Americans --- Ethnic & Race Studies --- Gender & Ethnic Studies --- Social Sciences --- Afro-Americans --- Black Americans --- Colored people (United States) --- Negroes --- Africans --- Ethnology --- Blacks --- Parenthood --- Families, Fatherless --- Father-separated children --- Fatherless family --- Matrifocal families --- Single-parent families --- Afro-American families --- Families, African American --- Negro families --- Families --- Absent fathers --- Noncustodial fathers --- Fathers --- Custody of children --- Afro-American fathers --- Fathers, African American --- Psychology --- History --- Social aspects --- Social conditions --- Black people --- African American families. --- Fatherless families. --- Fatherhood. --- African Americans. --- Social conditions.