No Man's Land Men's Changing Commitments To Family And Work

by Gerson, Kathleen

• ISBN13: 9780465051205
• ISBN10: 0465051200
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-08-26
• Publisher: Basic Books

Summary

What does it mean to be a man in a world where women are almost as likely as men to shoulder the responsibilities of supporting a family? Why do some men still choose to be traditional breadwinners while others flee the responsibilities of parenthood altogether, and still others become infinitely more involved in family life than earlier generations of men? Here's a look at how men are coping with the gender revolution.

Author Biography

Kathleen Gerson is an associate professor of sociology at New York University and author of Hard Choices: How Women Decide About Work, Career, and Motherhood.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Men's Quiet Revolution	p. 1
Introduction	p. 3
The Changing Contours of American Manhood	p. 17
Path of Change	p. 39
The Child and the Man	p. 41
Turning Toward Breadwinning	p. 76
Turning Toward Autonomy	p. 109
Turning Toward Family Involvement	p. 141
Dilemmas of Breadwinning and Autonomy	p. 182
Dilemmas of Involved Fatherhood	p. 215
The Causes and Consequences of Change	p. 257
The Myth of Masculinity	p. 259
Men and the Politics of Gender	p. 276
Notes	p. 291
Appendix	p. 317
Bibliography	p. 329
Index	p. 357
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