Globalized Fatherhood [Paperback]

Using an entirely new conceptual vocabulary through which to understand mens experiences and expectations at the dawn of the twenty-first century, this path-breaking volume focuses on fatherhood around the globe, including transformations in fathering, fatherhood, and family life. It includes new work by anthropologists, sociologists, and cultural geographers, working in settings from Peru to India to Vietnam. Each chapter suggests that men are responding to globalizationas fathersin creative and unprecedented ways, not only in the West, but also in numerous global locations.

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Introduction:Globalized Fatherhood: Emergent Forms and Possibilities in the New Millennium
Marcia C. Inhorn, Wendy Chavkin, and Jos?-Alberto Navarro

PART I: CORPORATE FATHERHOOD

Chapter 1.The Corporate Father
Jude Browne

Chapter 2.Hiding Fatherhood in Corporate Japan
Scott North

PART II: TRANSNATIONAL FATHERHOOD

Chapter 3.Transnational Fathers, Good Providers, and the Silences of Adoption
Jessaca Leinaweaver

Chapter 4.Long-Distance Fathers, Left-Behind Fathers, and Returnee Fathers: Changing Fathering Practices in Indonesia and the Philippines
Brenda S. A. Yeoh and Theodora Lam

PART III: PRIMARY CARE FATHERHOOD

Chapter 5.When the Pillar of the Home is Shaking: Female Labor Migration and Stay-at-home Fathers in Vietnam
Vu Thi Thao

Chapter 6.On Fatherhood in a Conflict Zone: Gaza Fathers and their Childrens Cancer Treatments
Daphna Birenbaum-Carmeli, Yana Diamand, and Maram Abu Yaman

PART IV: CLINICAL FATHERHOOD