Fatherhood's Cold War


 

Publication Date: January 2000

Publisher: National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership (U.S.)

Author(s): Daniel S. Brenner

Research Area: Social conditions

Keywords: Men; Family; Law

Type: Brief

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

The author draws on his own family's past immigrant experiences to reflect on the case of Elian Gonzalez, whose father sued for his return to Cuba after his mother perished on the boat taking them to refuge in the United States, and on the crumbling state of fatherhood in North America.