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Gagnon, John H.; Roberts, Elizabeth – Television & Children, 1982
The development of the modern myth of the American family and television attitudes toward men, masculinity, and fathers are explored. (JJD)
Descriptors: Adults, Commercial Television, Family Life, Fathers
Peer reviewedGillis, John R. – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 2000
Examines pressures on extant definitions of fatherhood from economic globalization. Maintains that men at both ends of the social scale have found it difficult fulfilling the traditional breadwinner role. Notes many in developed countries see the growing incidence of "fatherless families" as a major crisis. Concludes it is important to…
Descriptors: Children, Definitions, Developed Nations, Fatherless Family
