Research Catalog

Title

Baba : men and fatherhood in South Africa / edited by Linda Richter and Robert Morrell.

Publication

Cape Town : HSRC Press, 2006.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Richter, Linda M.
• Morrell, Robert.
• Human Sciences Research Council. Child, Youth and Family Development Research Programme.

Description

viii, 326 pages : illustrations, portraits; 24 cm

Summary

Authors from a range of backgrounds and disciplines break new ground in this collection of essays exploring the centrality of fatherhood in the lives of men and the experiences of children. The book is separated into sections that address different ways that the presence or absence of a father affects both the man and the family, from the conceptual questions of fatherhood to historical perspectives including the input of class and race issues to the portrayal of fathers in the media. By turning attention to aspects of fatherhood, each study illuminates the role of the male parent, making the ultimate argument that the contribution of men to their families can be a positive force for change in society as a whole.

Alternative Title

Men and fatherhood in South Africa

Subject

• Fatherhood > South Africa
• Father and child > South Africa
• Masculinity > South Africa
• Father and child
• Fatherhood
• Masculinity
• Vaterschaft
• Vater
• Kind
• Fatherhood
• Family members
• Fathers
• Children
• Masculinities
• Gender expression
• South Africa
• Südafrika
• Südafrika <Staat>

Genre/Form

Aufsatzsammlung.

Note

• "Compiled within the Child, Youth and Family Development Research Programme, Human Sciences Research Council"--Prelim.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available in an electronic version.

Contents

Introduction / Robert Morrell, Linda Richter -- Fathers, fatherhood and masculinity in South Africa / Robert Morrell -- On being a father and poor in southern Africa today / Francis Wilson -- The demographics of fatherhood in South Africa : an analysis of survey data, 1993-2002 / Dorrit Posel, Richard Devey -- The importance of fathering for children / Linda Richter -- Migrancy, family dissolution and fatherhood / Mamphela Ramphele, Linda Richter -- The state as non-biological 'father' : exploring the experience of fathering in a South African state institution in the period 1950 to 1970 / Azeem Badroodien -- Fathers without amandla : Zulu-speaking men and fatherhood / Mark Hunter -- Men and children : changing constructions of fatherhood in Drum magazine, 1951 to 1965 / Lindsay Clowes -- The father in the mind / Graham Lindegger -- Where have all the fathers gone? Media(ted) representations of fatherhood / Jeanne Prinsloo -- Representations of fatherhood in black US film and how this relates to parenting in South Africa / Solani Ngobeni -- Children's view of fathers / Linda Richter, Wendy Smith -- Fatherhood from an African cultural perspective / Desmond Lesejane -- African traditions and the social, economic and moral dimensions of fatherhood / Nhlanhla Mkhize -- Legal aspects of fatherhood in South Africa / Jacqui Gallinetti -- Men, work and parenting / Alan Hosking -- HIV/AIDS and the crisis of care for children / Chris Desmond, Cos Desmond -- Absent fathers : why do men not feature in stories of families affected by HIV/AIDS in KwaZulu-Natal? / Philippe Denis, Radikobo Ntsimane -- Being a father in a man's world : the experience of goldmine workers / Marlize Rabe -- Fathers don't stand a chance : experiences of custody, access, and maintenance / Grace Khunou -- The new gender platforms and fatherhood / Dean Peacock, Mbuyiselo Botha -- The child's right to shared parenting / Patrice Engle, Tom Beardshaw, Craig Loftin -- Taking forward work with men in families / Tom Beardshaw.

ISBN

• 0796920966
• 9780796920966

LCCN

2006432236

OCLC

• ocm62877648
• 62877648
• SCSB-14697967

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library