Lost fathers: The politics of fatherlessness

This collection brings together the voices of nine scholars to reflect on the culturally and politically charged concept of "fatherlessness" and to illustrate the divisions which constitute public debate on the issue. The book offers a range of perspectives, from conservative to radical feminist. Life without father, D. Popenoe; Dada-ism in the nineties - decoding baby talk about fatherlessness, J. Stacey; growing up without a father, S. McLanahan; this river runs deep - the strength of women raising children alone in poor America, L. Dodson; what and how does a father maketh? - conscription versus equality, D. Cornell; the new face of fatherlessness, M. Gallagher; the uses of history and the politics of fatherlessness, R. Griswold; the lost children, J. Elshtain; the absent black father, D. Roberts.