Masculinity and Fathering in Jamaica

by Patricia Anderson

Why do many Jamaican men acknowledge the importance of love, but also believe that men have the right to physically discipline their partners? How far does fathering become a journey of personal self-development? What happens to "outside children" when the father also has children at home? Why do fathers believe that they must toughen their sons? These are some of the questions which are carefully explored in this groundbreaking study of Jamaican...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 976640836X
• ISBN13: 9789766408367
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: University of the West Indies Press
• Length: 402 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"