Fall/Winter 2006 - University of Toronto Press Publishing

S O C I O L O G Y
Do Men Mother
Fatherhood, Care, and Domestic Responsibility
Andrea Doucet
More and more, fathers are deciding to stay at
home and care for their children rather than
work full-time outside of the home. More and
more, Canadian families are lead by single fathers.
Shining a spotlight on the lives of stay at home
dads and single fathers, Do Men Mother provides
groundbreaking evidence of dramatic changes in
mothering and fathering in Canada.
Using evidence gathered in a four-year in-depth
qualitative study, including interviews with over
100 fathers – from truck drivers to insurance salesmen,
physicians to artists – Andrea Doucet illustrates
how men are breaking the mold of traditional
parenting models. Doucet’s research examines key
questions such as: What leads fathers to trade earning
for caring How do fathers navigate through the
‘maternal worlds’ of mothers and infants Are men
mothering or are they redefining fatherhood
Do Men Mother illuminates fathers’ candid
reflections on caring and the intricate social worlds
that men and women inhabit as they ‘love and let
go’ of their children. In asking and unravelling
the question ‘do men mother,’ this study tells a
compelling story about Canadian parents radically
re-visioning child care and domestic responsibilities
at the beginning of the twenty-first century.
Andrea Doucet is an associate professor in the
Department of Sociology and Anthropology at
Carleton University.
Approx. 304 pp / 6 x 9 / December 2006
Cloth ISBN 0-8020-8731-0 / 978-0-8020-8731-7
£40.00 $60.00
Paper ISBN 0-8020-8546-6 / 978-0-8020-8546-7
£21.00 $32.00
Of related interest:
Deadbeat Dads
Subjectivity and Social Construction
Deena Mandell
0-8020-8318-8 / 978-0-8020-8318-0
£18.00 / $27.95 / 2002
Photo: © 2006 Nancy Falcony.
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