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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817440803321

Titolo

Black families / / Harriette Pipes McAdoo, [editor]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, CA, : Sage Publications, c2007

ISBN

1-4522-7903-9

1-4129-3637-3

1-4522-6245-4

1-322-30659-1

Edizione

[4th ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 364 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

McAdooHarriette Pipes

Disciplina

306.85089/96073

Soggetti

African American families

African Americans - Social conditions

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 bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface to the Fourth Edition; Introduction; PART I: Historical Conceptualizations of Black Families; 1 - African American Families; 2 - The Nguzo Saba and the Black Family; 3 - Interpreting the African Heritage in African American Family Organization; PART II: Theoretical Conceptualizations of African American Families; 4 - Conceptualizations and Research of African American Family Life in the United States; 5 - African American Family Life; 6 - African American Education; PART III: Spirituality and Religion in Black Families; 7 - Religion in African American Families

8 - Old-Time Religion9 - Sources of Racial Socialization; 10 - Death in the Family; PART IV: Family Patterns; 11 - African American Demographic Images; 12 - African American Female-Headed Households; PART V: Socialization Within African American Families; 14 - Parenting of Young Children in Black Families; 15 - The Roles of African American Fathers in the Socialization of Their Children; 16 - Family First, Then the World; 17 - Kin Keepers; 18 - Family Therapy; PART VI: African American Gender Relations; 19 - An Overview of Race and Marital Status; 20 - In Search of Love and Commitment

21 - Practices and Attitudes Toward Contraception in the Black



CommunityPART VII: Family Policies and Advocacy; 22 - A Portrait of Inequality; 23 - The Impact of Welfare Reform on Black Families; Index; About the Editor; About the Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

Looking at the history and contemporary experiences of black families, this new edition examines the issue from religious socio-economic, legal and gender based perspectives and will be a useful reference for family, race, and ethnic studies.