ISBN:
9780787972226
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (410 p.)
Parallel Title:
Print version Black Families at the Crossroads : Challenges and Prospects
DDC:
306.85
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
This updated edition of the classic book Black Families at the Crossroads, offers a comprehensive examination of the diverse and complex issues surrounding Black families. Leanor Boulin Johnson and Robert Staples combine more than sixty years of writing and research on Black families to offer insights into the pre-slavery development of the Black middle class, internal processes that affect all class strata among Black American families, the impact of race on modern Black immigrant families, the interaction of external forces and internal norms at each stage of the Black family life cycle, and
Description / Table of Contents:
Black Families at the Crossroads; Contents; Foreword; Preface to the Revised Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Acknowledgments; 1 History as Fact and Fiction; 2 Studying Black Families; 3 Work and Money: The Struggle; 4 Patterns of Sexual Intimacy; 5 Singlehood and Partner Selection; 6 Gender Roles and Male Sexism; 7 Marital Patterns and Interactions; 8 The Challenges of Parenting; 9 Kinship and Community Support; 10 Social Change, Challenges, and Prospects; Selected Readings; References; About the Authors; Name Index; Subject Index;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
