TY  - BOOK
AU  - Green,Tara T.
TI  - A fatherless child: autobiographical perspectives on African American men 
SN  - 9780826266545 (electronic bk.)
AV  - HQ756.8 .G74 2009eb
U1  - 306.874/208996073 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Columbia, London
PB  - University of Missouri Press
KW  - Absentee fathers
KW  - United States
KW  - African American men
KW  - Psychology
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - African American authors
KW  - Biography
KW  - Children of single parents
KW  - Fatherless families
KW  - Fathers and sons
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Description based on print version record; Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-170) and index; Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Where are the black fathers? -- The meaning of Langston Hughes's father-and-son relationships -- Richard Wright's fathers and sons -- Malcolm X's declaration of independence from his fathers -- Barack Obama's dreams -- The sons return to Africa -- Conclusion: Contemporary African American fathers and communities
N2  - "Examining the works of Langston Hughes, Richard Wright, Malcolm X, and Barack Obama, Green portrays the intersecting experiences of generations of black men during the twentieth century both before and after the civil rights movement, revealing the impact of fatherlessness on racial and gender identity formation"--Provided by publisher
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