Making fathers: Black men's response to fatherhood initiatives

Journal of African American Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 199-218

  Jordan Zachery, Julia S ^a  

^a PROVIDENCE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

African American men; Fatherhood initiatives; Interpretive phenomenological analysis; Policy analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349410712     PISSN: 15591646     EISSN: 19364741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12111-008-9085-y     Document Type: Article

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