Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: Fathers’ Lives in Context 1
5. PART 1. The World in Which Black Fathers Live
6. 1. “There’s No Such Thing as a Good Black Father”: Standards of Fatherhood 15
7. 2. Slavery, Civil War, and Reconstruction: Creating a Context for Black Live-Away Fatherhood 33
8. 3. “Times Are Just Going to Get Worse . . .”: Fathers Chasing the American Dream 53
9. PART 2. Expectations of Others
10. 4. “Just Be There for the Baby”: What Fathers Say Others Expect 75
11. PART 3. Being Fathers
12. 6.What Fathers Say They Do as Daddies 129
13. 7. Live-Away, but Absent? 151
14. 8. “Ain’t Nothing Like Trying to be a Father and Trying to be a Man”: Barriers to Being Daddy 176
15. Conclusion: “Got to Make Fatherhood Work for Us”—The Meaning of Fatherhood for Black Men Who Do Not Live with Their Children 199
16. Notes 221
17. Bibliography 235
18. Index 247