Intro
Acknowledgments
Book Abstract
Contents
About the Author
Abbreviations
List of Figures
Chapter 1: Fathering Across Five Boroughs
Fatherhood in the United States: Care, Bodies, and Race
Fathers Through the Lens of Intersectionality
Fathering in NYC: Some Explanation of the Context
Introducing the Fathers
Study Methods
Book Outline
References
Chapter 2: Learning to be a Primary Caregiving Father
Care Trajectories
'Carers by Choice'
'Carers by Circumstances/Necessity'
'Heroes' Versus 'Anomalies'
'Experts' Versus 'Apprentices'

The 'Experts'
A Discourse of 'Instincts'
The Women as 'Gate Openers'
The 'Apprentices'
Frank: Between 'Expert' and 'Apprentice'
Conclusions
References
Chapter 3: Work, Caring Masculinities and the Work of Fatherhood
The Decline of the Breadwinner Model
The 'Working Fathers'
The 'Work-from-Home Fathers'
The 'Break-from-Work Fathers'
Giving Up the Breadwinner Identity
Ambivalent Feelings in Relation to Earning
Childcare as 'Work'
'Professional Dads'
Conclusions
References
Chapter 4: Practices of Care: The Embodiment of Fatherhood

The Nature of Caregiving
Care as an Embodied Practice
Body Techniques
Daddy Doing Hair
Conclusions
References
Chapter 5: Fatherhood, Privilege, and Rac(e)ism
Racecraft
Race in New York City
____ While Black
'A Matter of Life and Death'9
The 'Talk'
Parenting While Black
Conclusions
References
Chapter 6: Imagining (New) Fathers
At-Home Fathers, Whiteness, and Femininity
Black, Middle-Class, Single Fatherhood
(Imagined and Real) Parental Fears
Conclusions
References
Chapter 7: Painting a Diverse Picture of Fathers

The Issue of Whiteness
Rethinking the 'New Father'
Contributions and Relevance of the Study
Gender, Care, Bodies
Rethinking the "American Family"
References
Appendix
References
Index