Between Fathers and Sons: Critical Incident Narratives in the Development of Men's Lives

Abstract

Contents * About the Editors * Contributors * Chapter 1. General Introduction * From a Story to a Book * Rationale, Objectives, and Method * Contemporary Sociocultural Context * The Essays * And Just One More Thing * Chapter 2. Sons and Fathers: The Storied Nature of Human Relationships * Genres * Style and Content * Sacred Stories * Three Perspectives * Section I. Identity Stories * Chapter 3. I Am Older Than My Father * Chapter 4. Remembering the Origins of a Constructivist Psychologist * Chapter 5. Teaching by Doing * Chapter 6. Every Kid Deserves a Chance * Being There * Chapter 7. Responsibilities * Chapter 8. On Coming to Understand My Father: A Personal and Professional Journey * The Emotional Relationship with My Father * What Relations to My Work? * Conclusion * Section II. Stories of Emotional Life * Chapter 9. The One That Got Away--Or Did It? * Mark's Story * Richard's Story * A Conversation Between Father and Son * Chapter 10. Learning to Appreciate the Sublime: Don't Knock the Rock * Chapter 11. Remembering My Father * Context * Elaborating the Memory * On Fathers and Sons * The Twenty-First Century * Anchoring Across * Coda * Chapter 12. Blessed Be the Name of the Father: Generational Exercises * Kenneth Gergen: On Relations with My Father * John Stanford Gergen: Life with My Father * Chase Martini: On Relations with My Father * Spanning the Generations: Beyond the Silence * Chapter 13. Their Way * Chapter 14. In Absentia * Section III. Stories of Self-Understanding * Chapter 15. The Presence of What is Missing: Memory, Poetry, and the Ride Home * Chapter 16. Paternal Role Slippage Across Cultures * Critical Incident * Father-Son Relationship As Culture-Bound * Resolution * Chapter 17. To Tell the Secrets of My Prison House * Chapter 18. My Measure, My Guide, and Still a Mystery * Small-Town Preacher, in Motion * Father As Teacher and Taskmaster * A Critical Piece of Advice * Sequelae * Epilogue * Chapter 19. Farewell to Vienna: The Authority of Nostalgia * Epilogue * Index * Reference Notes Included