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Tradition pegs men as providers and women as nurturers. But recent research shows it is a much more complex situation than that. Although many men fill traditional roles, a large number face the same demands that confront working women. In Men, Work, and Family such well-known researchers as Pleck, Bailyn, Fassinger, Tienda, and Mortimer provide new insight on the diversity and complexity of men′s work and their relationships with their families. Both dual-worker and single-parent families are addressed. The contributors also pay close attention to family characteristics such as race, ethnicity, class, and age. Among the topics explored are work and family orientations of contemporary adolescent boys and girls, college men′s attitudes toward family and work in the 90s, role allocation in Hispanic families, Japanese fathers, and changing gender roles in Sweden. The contributors also discuss the differing meanings of housework for single fathers and mothers and explore the economic and nurturant dimensions of men as fathers.A volume that examines--and often shatters--the stereotypes of men at home and at work, Men, Work, and Family is of particular importance for those who study gender roles, families, work and management, sociology, psychology, and the human services."The book differs from similar compilations in several important ways. First, the text provides a discussion of men and masculinities within a multicultural perspective. . . . Second, the book offers a good balance of qualitative and quantitative studies."--Life Course"The impressive group of researchers in this volume evidence the increasing diversity of inquiry in the sociological study of men. . . . The volume adds maturity to the field through its diverse samples and methods. Fathers of different races, ethnic backgrounds, classes, cultures, and family structures are prominent in the book, highlighting both the commonalities of men′s experiences in the family and the important differences of which researchers should be aware. We applaud the authors′ efforts to emphasize the diversity of men′s attitudes and behavior in the family."--Journal of Marriage and the Family"Jane Hood assembles an engaging collection of chapters into a volume that challenges traditional images of masculinity and describes how the myopic view of men as only economic providers in families fails to capture the rich diversity of the way in which they perceive and negotiate the work and family interface. . . . Major strengths of the volume include its cross-national examination of men′s work and family experiences in Japan and Sweden, as well as its comparative perspective of U.S. men by socioeconomic status, race and ethnicity, household structure, and age. . . . The volume would be excellent as either a main or supplemental text in both advanced undergraduate and graduate seminars in work, family, and gender roles. . . . [It] should stimulate provocative dialogue among both government and policymakers and business leaders who are interested in promoting a situation in which men and women share equally in the rewards and responsibilities of their work and family commitments."--Family Relations

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• Part 1 Fathering And Providing
• What Do Fathers Provide? Economic and Nurturant Dimensions of Men as Parents
• Are Men Marginal to the Family? Insights from Chicago's Inner City
• Japanese Fathers
• Work Demands and Family Roles
• Elderly Mexican-American Men
• Work and Family Patterns
• Part 2 Role Allocation And Role Change
• Work and Family Orientations of Contemporary Adolescent Boys and Girls
• Resistance and Change
• College Men's Attitudes Toward Family and Work in the 1990s
• Ethnicity and Difference
• White, Black and Hispanic Men's Household Labor Time
• Reluctant Compliance
• Work/Family Role Allocation in Dual-Earner Chicano Families
• Balancing Work and Single Fatherhood
• Meanings of Housework for Single Fathers and Mothers
• Insights into Gender Inequality
• Part 3 Workplace Organization And Policy
• Are Family-Supportive Employer Policies Relevant to Men?
• Nurturing Fathers and Working Mothers
• Changing Gender Roles in Sweden
• Segmentation and Synergy
• Two Models of Linking Work and Family

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Essays in this collection contribute to the literature on men and masculinities that is derived from feminist scholarship. The volume addresses questions about the influences of work and family in men's lives, using analytical frameworks that owe their guiding assumptions to women's studies. Readers will find questions that are more typically asked about women pursued with a variety of methodologies. Taken together, the essays offer a blend of survey research, data from interviewing, and field studies. A broad range of men is represented here. There is coverage of young and elderly men; of single fathers and of married men; of men in college and in disadvantaged inner-city zones; of Japanese, Swedish, Mexican American, African American, and Anglo men. Nearly all of the contributors are established and recognized in their specialties. Some of the essays require an advanced level of statistical knowledge, but most do not. The subject index is especially useful. Readers who are curious about how single fathers balance children and jobs as well as those looking for cutting edge research in men's studies will find what they are seeking here. All levels.