Comment: Reactions from the Perspective of Culture and Low-Income Fatherhood

The four articles discussed here provide descriptive assessments of the state of research on low-income fatherhood in America and reflect the richness and vastness of contemporary research in this area. In particular, the articles by Lawrence Berger and Callie Langton ("Young Disadvantaged Men...

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Published in:The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 2011-05, Vol.635 (1), p.117-122
Main Author: YOUNG, ALFORD A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Children
Communities
Cultural identity
Cultural values
Desire
Disadvantaged
Fatherhood
Fathering
Fathers
Low Income Groups
Males
Men
Mothers
Substantive/Descriptive Surveys of Fatherhood
United States of America
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Summary:The four articles discussed here provide descriptive assessments of the state of research on low-income fatherhood in America and reflect the richness and vastness of contemporary research in this area. In particular, the articles by Lawrence Berger and Callie Langton ("Young Disadvantaged Men as Fathers"), Laura Tach and Kathryn Edin ("The Relationship Contexts of Young Disadvantaged Men"), and Marcia Carlson and Katherine Magnuson ("Low-Income Fathers' Influences on Children") convey the extent to which the choice-making and behavior of low-income fathers involve a broader arena of considerations than implied by the long-standing concern with the narrow question of whether such men are committed to being involved fathers. [Reprinted by permission of Sage Publications Inc., copyright The American Academy of Political and Social Science.]
ISSN:0002-7162
1552-3349
DOI:10.1177/0002716210390316