ISBN:
9781469651781
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (248 pages)
,
Illustrations (black and white, and colour).
Series Statement:
Gender and American culture
Series Statement:
North Carolina scholarship online
DDC:
306.8108996073
Keywords:
Schwarze
;
Familie
;
Familienpolitik
;
Partnerwahl
;
Ehe
;
Kultur
;
Literatur
;
African Americans Marriage
;
History
;
African American families History
;
Marriage in literature
;
Marriage in popular culture
;
USA
Abstract:
Aneeka Ayanna Henderson places familiar, often politicised questions about the crisis of African American marriage in conversation with a rich cultural archive that includes fiction by Terry McMillan and Sister Souljah, music by Anita Baker, and films such as The Best Man. Seeking to move beyond simple assessments of marriage as 'good' or 'bad' for African Americans, Henderson critically examines popular and influential late 20th- and early 21st-century texts alongside legislation such as the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act and the Welfare Reform Act, which masked true sources of inequality with crisis-laden myths about African American family formation.
Note:
Previously issued in print: 2020
,
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.5149/northcarolina/9781469651767.001.0001
URL:
https://dx.doi.org/10.5149/northcarolina/9781469651767.001.0001
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