Intimate Fathers: The Nature and Context of Aka Pygmy Paternal Infant Care

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University of Michigan Press, Jan 27, 1993 - Family & Relationships - 201 pages
This 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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