The Importance of Fathers: A Psychoanalytic Re-Evaluation Contributor(s): Etchegoyen, Alicia (Editor), Trowell, Judith (Editor) |
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ISBN: 158391174X ISBN-13: 9781583911747 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $52.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2001 Annotation: It is widely acknowledged that children need structure, security, stability and attachment to develop and flourish, and that the father is an important part of this. Issues such as high divorce rates, new family structures, increased mobility, women's liberation and contraception are very common in society. This book sets out to explore what has happened to men and to fathers during all these changes and transitions. Judith Trowell and Alicia Etchegoyen, along with an array of renowned contributors, consider the importance of fathers in various situations, including: * the role of the father at different stage of children's development br * the missing father br * loss of a father br * grandfathers. It is argued that the father is important, not only to support the main carer (usually the mother) but also to provide a caring, thinking, comfortable, confident presence. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Men's Studies - Family & Relationships | Parenting - Fatherhood - Psychology | Movements - Psychoanalysis |
Dewey: 306.874 |
LCCN: 2001035815 |
Series: New Library of Psychoanalysis |
Physical Information: 0.84" H x 6.22" W x 9.24" (0.76 lbs) 272 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Masculine - Topical - Family |
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Publisher Description: It is widely acknowledged that children need structure, security, stability and attachment to develop and flourish, and that the father is an important part of this. Issues such as high divorce rates, new family structures, increased mobility, women's liberation and contraception are very common in society. This book sets out to explore what has happened to men and to fathers during all these changes and transitions. Judith Trowell and Alicia Etchegoyen, along with an array of renowned contributors, consider the importance of fathers in various situations, including:
It is argued that the father is important, not only to support the main carer (usually the mother) but also to provide a caring, thinking, comfortable, confident presence. |