Making Daddies into Fathers: Community-based Fatherhood Programs and the Construction of Masculinities for Low-income African American Men |
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Authors: | Kevin M Roy Omari Dyson |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Family Science, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, 1142T SPH Building, 255 Valley Drive, College Park, MD, 20742, USA 2. Department of Education, South Carolina State University, 300 College Street, NE, Orangeburg, SC, 29117, USA
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Abstract: | In this analysis, we explore how low-income African American fathers build understandings of successful manhood in the context of community-based responsible fatherhood programs. Drawing on life history interviews with 75 men in Illinois and Indiana, we explore men’s attempts to fulfill normative expectations of fatherhood while living in communities with limited resources. We examine the efforts of community-based fatherhood programs to shape alternative African American masculinities through facilitation of personal turning points and “breaks with the past,” use of social support and institutional interventions, and the reframing of provision as a priority of successful fatherhood. We refer to Connell’s hegemonic masculinity framework (Connell in Masculinities, Polity Press, Cambridge, 1995) and discuss how both men and programs borrow from hegemonic and street masculinities to develop alternative approaches to paternal involvement for marginalized men. |
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Keywords: | Fathers Low-income families African American Masculinities |
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