| Family Men: Middle-Class Fatherhood in Industrializing America Contributor(s): Johansen, Shawn (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415917875 ISBN-13: 9780415917872 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $44.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2001 Annotation: The image of the cold and distant Victorian patriarch, whose domestic roles were limited to those of provider and disciplinarian, is one that still dominates the way we think about nineteenth-century fatherhood. In "Family Men," Shawn Johansen reveals that this myth has very little to do with the complex domestic lives these men actually led. Fathers routinely engaged in numerous domestic chores, cared for children, and took a far more active role in parenting then previously thought. Using a rich selection of personal writings, Johansen resurrects the voices of nineteenth-century fathers, uncovering how their feelings during childbirth, their views on education and religion, the ways their relationship to their children changed as they both grew older, and their attitudes toward many other domestic matters. "Family Men" is a sophisticated and compelling addition to the growing literature on the history of masculinity and the family. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Men's Studies - History | United States - 19th Century - Social Science | Sociology - Marriage & Family |
| Dewey: 306.874 |
| LCCN: 00064036 |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 6.06" W x 8.94" (0.95 lbs) 264 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Sex & Gender - Masculine - Topical - Family - Cultural Region - Middle East |
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| Publisher Description: First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. |