Changing Fatherhood: An Exploratory Qualitative Study with African and African Caribbean Men in England

Children and Society

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 92-103

  Williams, Robert ^a   Hewison, Alistair ^a   Wildman, Stuart ^a   Roskell, Carolyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

African; Caribbean; Children's well being; Fatherhood; Masculinities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872418245     PISSN: 09510605     EISSN: 10990860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1099-0860.2011.00392.x     Document Type: Article

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