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Fathers in Cultural Context
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Author(s) David W. Shwalb, Barbara J. Shwalb, & Michael E. Lamb
2012, New York: Routledge
Tags Developmental Psychology, Psychology
Price US$59.95 | Pages 448 | ISBN 978-1-84872-948-3
Table of Contents
List of Figures and Tables x
List of Contributors xii
Foreword xiv
Joseph H. Pleck
Preface xx
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Part One: Introduction
Chapter 1: Introduction 3
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Part Two: Asia
Chapter 2: Fathers in Chinese Culture: From Stern
Disciplinarians to Involved Parents 15
Xuan Li and Michael E. Lamb
Chapter 3: Fathering in Japan: Entering an Era
of Involvement with Children 42
Jun Nakazawa and David W. Shwalb
Chatper 4: The Father’s Role in the Indian
Family: A Story That Must Be Told 68
Nadita Chaudhary
Chapter 5: Fathers in Muslim Families in
Bangladesh and Malaysia 95
Ziarat Hossain
Chapter 6: The Father’s Role in the Arab
World: Cultural Perspectives 122
Ramadan A. Almed
Part 3: Africa
Chapter 7: Fathering in Central and East Africa:
Cultural and Adaptationist Perspectives
in Small-Scale Societies 151
Hillary N. Fouts
Chapter 8: The Complications of Fathering in
Southern Africa: Separation, Uncertainty,
and Multiple Responsibilities 173
Nicholas W. Townsend
Part Four: Americas
Chapter 9: Fathers in Caribbean Cultural Communities 203
Jaipaul L. Roopnarine
Chapter 10: Fathering in Brazil: A Diverse
and Unknown Reality 228
Ana Cecilia de Sousa Bastos, Vivian Volkmer-Pontes,
Pedro Gomes Brasileiro, and Helena Martinelli Serra
Chapter 11: Fathers in the U.S. 250
Karen E. McFadden and Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda
Part Five: Europe
Chapter 12: Men on the Margins of Family
Life: Fathers in Russia 279
Jennifer Ultrata, Jean M. Ispa, and Simone Ispa-Landa
Chapter 13: Fatherhood and Social Policy
in Scandinavia 303
Linda L. Haas and C. Philip Hwang
Chapter 14: Fatherhood and Fathering Research in the
UK: Cultural Change and Diversity 332
Charlie Lewis
Part 6: Australia
Chapter 15: Fathers in Australia: A Contempory
Snapshot 361
Bruce M. Smyth, Jennifer A. Baxter, Richard J.
Fletcher, and Lawrence J. Moloney
Part Seven: Conclusions
Chapter 16: Final Thoughts, Comparisons,
and Conclusions 385
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Author Index 400
Subjecti Index 412