
Authors from a range of backgrounds and disciplines break new ground as they explore the centrality of fatherhood in the lives of men and in the experiences of children. They show how fathers involvement contributes to the well-being of children. The authors argue that men can make a major contribution to the health of South African society by caring for children and producing a new generation of South Africans for whom men will be significant by their positive presence rather than by their absence or their abuse.
In this collection, authors examine the conceptual and theoretical questions posed and attempt to map the field. In the second section, fathers and fatherhood are examined from an historical perspective, showing how race and class have shaped fatherhood in South Africa, and how understandings of fatherhood have changed over time.
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Preface
Acronyms and abreviations
Opening lines
- Introduction
Robert Morrell - Fathers, fatherhood and masculinity in South Africa
Robert Morrell - On being a father and poor in southern Africa today
Francis Wilson - The demographics of fatherhood in South Africa: An analysis of survey data, 19932002
Dorrit Posel and Richard Devey - The importance of fathering for children
Linda Richter
Fatherhood in historical perspective
- Migrancy, family dissolution and fatherhood
Mamphele Ramphele and Linda Richter - The state as non-biological father: Exploring the experience of fathering in a South African state institution in the period 1950 to 1970
Azeem Badroodien - Fathers without amandla: Zulu-speaking men and fatherhood
Mark Hunter - Men and children: Changing constructions of fatherhood in Drum magazine 19511965
Lindsay Clowes
Representations and roles
- The father in the mind
Graham Lindegger - Where have all the fathers gone? Media(ted) representations of fatherhood
Jeanne Prinsloo - Representations of fatherhood in black US films: and how this relates to parenting in South Africa
Solani Ngobeni - Childrens views of fathers
Linda Richter and Wendy Smith - Fatherhood from an African cultural perspective
Desmond Lesejane - African traditions and the social, economic and moral dimensions of fatherhood
Nhlanhla Mkhize
Being a father in South Africa today
- Legal aspects of fatherhood in South Africa
Jacqui Gallinetti - Men, work and parenting
Alan Hosking - HIV/AIDS and the crisis of care for children
Chris Desmond and Cos Desmond - Absent fathers: Why do men not feature in stories of families affected by HIV/AIDS in KwaZulu Natal?
Philippe Denis and Radikobo Ntsimane - Being a father in a mans world: The experience of goldmine workers
Marlize Rabe - Fathers don't stand a chance: experiences of custody, access, and maintenance
Grace Khunou
Local and international policies and programmes
- The new gender platforms and fatherhood
Dean Peacock and Mbuyiselo Botha - The childs right to shared parenting
Patrice Engle, Tom Beardshaw and Craig Loftin - Taking forward work with men in families
Tom Beardshaw
Index