Fathers and Sons

ROLE MODEL FOR MASCULINITY AND SEX, FAVORITE SON SITUATION, MAINTAINING SOCIAL DISTANCE, EXTENT OF PRIVATE FEELINGS OF PRIVATE FEELINGS TO BE SHARED, GOOD SON-PRODIGAL SON, DEFINACE, DRUGS AND ALCOHOL, BATTLE FOR POSITION AND CONTROL, MAN-TO-MAN RELATIONSHIP, LATER YEARS, DELINQUENCY, MULTI-SON SITUATION, DIVORCE, EGO MERGING, ABSENTEE FATHER, HOMOSEXUALITY, FATHER STATUS AND SON ASPIRATION/MUCH AS NANCY FRIDAY'S MY MOTHER/MY SELF EXPLORED THE MOTHER-DAUGHTER RELATIONSHIP, THIS BOOK ILLUMINATES THE EMOTIONAL THEMES THAT SURROUND THE IMPORTANT BOND BETWEEN FATHES AND SONS IN TERMS BOTH PRACTICAL AND THEORETICAL, BOTH ENLIGHTENING AND MOVING. LEWIS YABLONSKY IS A NOTED SOCIOLOGIST WHOSE WIDELY PRAISED WORKS ON SUCH TOPICS AS JUVENILE DELINQUENCY, PSYCHODRAMA, AND THE 1960S COUNTERCULTURE HAVE BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT IN TIME, PEOPLE, AND OTHER NATIONAL MAGAZINES. IN THIS NEW VOLUME, HE PROBES A STILL MORE CRUCIAL AND UNIVERSAL AREA OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR, FOCUSING ON THE ROLES OF FATHERS AND SONS IN SOCIETY, THE MANNER IN WHICH MALES ASSUME THESE ROLES, THE PROBLEMS AND JOYS INHERENT IN THIS RELATIONSHIP, AND THE WAYS IN WHICH WOMEN ARE AFFECTED BY IT.