A New Look at Black Families [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910780841803321
• Autore: Willie Charles Vert <1927-2022.>
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lanham, : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2010
• ISBN: 1-282-50544-0; 9786612505447; 0-7425-7008-8
• Edizione: [6th ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (241 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): ReddickRichard J
• Disciplina: 305.896/073; 305.896073; 306.808996073
• Soggetti: African American families; Families -- United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: A New Look at Black Families; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part One: CONCEPTUAL APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF BLACK FAMILIES; Chapter One: Introduction; Chapter Two: Family Life and Social Stratification; Part Two: ANALYSES OF BLACK FAMILIES BY SOCIAL CLASS; Chapter Three: Middle-Class Black Families; Chapter Four: Working-Class Black Families; Chapter Five: Low-Income Black Families; Part Three: CASES FOR AND AGAINST BLACK MEN AND BLACK WOMEN; Chapter Six: The Case for and against Black Males; Chapter Seven: The Myth of the Black Matriarchy; Part Four: ALTERNATIVE PATHWAYS TO SUCCESS; Chapter Eight: Maternal Mentoring ModelsChapter Nine: Paternal Mentoring Models; Chapter Ten: Family Goals and Practices among Same-Gender Parents; Chapter Eleven: The Egalitarian Family; Part Five: BLACK FAMILIES AND THE SOCIAL SYSTEM; Chapter Twelve: Social and Economic Supports for Black Family Life; Chapter Thirteen: The Complex and Interesting Family Life of Barack Obama; Part Six: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; Chapter Fourteen: Summary and Conclusions; References; Index; About the Authors
• Sommario/riassunto: Charles Willie and Richard Reddick's A New Look at Black Families has ; introduced thousands of students to the intricacies of the Black family in American society. Using a case study approach, Willie and Reddick show the varieties of the Black family experience and how those experiences vary by socioeconomic status. The sixth edition has been re-organized and updated throughout. The new Part III: Cases Against and for Black Men and Women unites two chapters from previous editions into a cohesive discussion of stereotypes and misunderstandings from both scholars and the mass media. Also,