It''s a Setup - Fathering From the Social and Economic Margins

In It's a Setup, Timothy Black and Sky Keyes show that socially and economically marginalized fathers embrace involved fatherhood. Tracking these life histories, Black and Keyes move us through the lived experiences of job precarity, welfare cuts, punitive child support courts, public housing neglect, and the criminalization of poverty to demonstrate that without transformative systemic change, individual determination is not enough: for fathers on the social and economic margins, it's a setup.

List of contents

• List of Illustrations


• Acknowledgements


• Preface


• Chapter One Introduction


• PART ONE Neoliberal Capitalism


• Chapter Two "It's the Economy, Stupid"


• Chapter Three Welfare Reform and Market Economy


• Chapter Four "I Ain't No Fucking Check, I'm a Father"


• PART TWO Social and Economic Marginalization


• Chapter Five Public Housing and the Streets


• Chapter Six Fathering Through the Looking Glass


• PART THREE Relationships and Standpoints


• Chapter Seven Intimacy, Masculinity, and Relating


• Chapter Eight Fathers Making Sense of It All


• Conclusion


• Notes


• References


• Index

About the author

Timothy Black is Associate Professor of Sociology at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. He is the author and co-author of two award winning books: When a Heart Turns Rock Solid: The Lives of Three Puerto Rican Brothers On and Off the Street and On Becoming Teen Mom: Life Before Pregnancy, with Mary Patrice Erdmans.

Sky Keyes has devoted his life to providing direct services to and advocacy for underrepresented and at-risk populations. Currently, he is working on the front lines at the Homeless Prenatal Program to support families hardest hit by the Bay Area's housing crisis. His past work includes police brutality, anti-war, prison, and labor activism; mental health counselling in an acute psychiatric unit; and housing case management for dually diagnosed clients in San Francisco's Tenderloin District.

Product details

• Authors: Timothy Black, Timothy (Associate Professor of Sociology Black, Black Timothy, Sky Keyes
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.01.2021
• EAN: 9780190062224
• ISBN: 978-0-19-006222-4
• No. of pages: 368
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness, Sociology: family & relationships, Social discrimination & inequality, Sociology: family and relationships, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, Housing & homelessness, Housing and homelessness, Social discrimination and social justice, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity