Intimate Fathers: The Nature and Context of Aka Pygmy Paternal Infant CareThis systematic study of non-Western fathers' roles in infant care focuses on the Aka pygmies of central Africa |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Aka Pygmies of the Western Congo Basin | 11 |
Methods | 47 |
The Level and Context of Father Involvement | 73 |
The Nature of Father Caregiving | 91 |
Aka Perceptions of Fatherhood | 105 |
Intracultural and Intercultural Variation in the FatherInfant Relationship | 119 |
Fathers Role in Human Evolution | 149 |
Conclusions and Implications | 165 |
References Cited | 175 |
Index | 193 |
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