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The American Father

Biocultural and Developmental Aspects

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  • © 1996

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  1. Wade C. Mackey

    1. Southeastern Community College, West Burlington, USA

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Part of the book series: The Springer Series in Adult Development and Aging (SSAD)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. The Abrading of the American Father

    • Wade C. Mackey
    Pages 1-18

  3. Rationales for Entering into the U.S. Fathering Role

    • Wade C. Mackey
    Pages 19-36

  4. Looking for a Man-to-Child Bond

    • Wade C. Mackey
    Pages 37-55

  5. Results of the Fieldwork

    • Wade C. Mackey
    Pages 57-72

  6. Those Two Filters Once Again

    • Wade C. Mackey
    Pages 73-98

  7. Father

    • Wade C. Mackey
    Pages 99-113

  8. Father the Irrelevant Becomes Father the Underachieving

    • Wade C. Mackey
    Pages 115-125

  9. Fathers in the 1990s

    • Wade C. Mackey
    Pages 127-136

  10. U.S. Fathering

    • Wade C. Mackey
    Pages 137-149

  11. Fathering in the Breccia

    • Wade C. Mackey
    Pages 151-173

  12. Electra and Lady Macbeth

    • Wade C. Mackey
    Pages 175-188

  13. The U.S. Father

    • Wade C. Mackey
    Pages 189-204

  14. The Commons Will Not Stay Fallow

    • Wade C. Mackey
    Pages 205-215

  15. Troglyodyte or Semiconductor

    • Wade C. Mackey
    Pages 217-227

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 229-262
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About this book

In The American Father, Wade C. Mackey documents a wealth of infor­ mation demonstrating the vast benefits to society when its children are raised in families with fathers. The biopsychosocial approach Mackey in human employs is consistent with the current treatment of topics development. This approach-which is grounded in a variety of diverse sources-assumes that we understand little about people when we study them a bit at a time; rather, the fullness of the individual requires a fullness of examination. For example, in the cases of fathers, we note that humans do not reproduce alone; after all, we are not an asexual species. No, human reproduction and its sequelae are social, just as clearly as they are biological, and involve the whole panoply of psychic function (mo­ tivation, sociability, intelligence, and the like). The evidence marshaled by Mackey indicates strongly that indi­ viduals and societies have an essential requirement for something more than mothering; they also need fathering. Much of the discourse and publication on fathers during the past several decades has been posited on a "more is better" model of male parenting in which it is seldom stated who it is better for-the father, the child, the mother, the couple, or the family. Further, much of this discussion infers that fathers are merely "Mr. Moms"; yet this is not so.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Southeastern Community College, West Burlington, USA

    Wade C. Mackey

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The American Father

  • Book Subtitle: Biocultural and Developmental Aspects

  • Authors: Wade C. Mackey

  • Series Title: The Springer Series in Adult Development and Aging

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0239-9

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1996

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-45337-3Published: 30 September 1996

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-0241-2Published: 26 June 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-0239-9Published: 29 June 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1566-709X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 262

  • Topics: Cognitive Psychology, Social Sciences, general

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