Black families at the crossroads : challenges and prospects / Leanor Boulin Johnson, Robert Staples ; foreword by Robert B. Hill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Leanor Boulin, 1945-

Contributor:

Staples, Robert.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American families.

Physical Description:

xxix, 376 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

Revised edition, second edition.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, [2005]

Summary:

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 public policies that provide challenges and promising prospects for the continuing resilience of the Black family as an American institution. This thoroughly revised edition features new research, including empirical studies and theoretical applications, and a review of significant social polices and economic changes in the past decade and their impact on Black families.

Contents:

1 History as Fact and Fiction 1

2 Studying Black Families 31

3 Work and Money: The Struggle 59

4 Patterns of Sexual Intimacy 93

5 Singlehood and Partner Selection 125

6 Gender Roles and Male Sexism 155

7 Marital Patterns and Interactions 177

8 The Challenges of Parenting 213

9 Kinship and Community Support 245

10 Social Change, Challenges, and Prospects 277.

Notes:

Rev. ed. of: Black families at the crossroads / Robert Staples, Leanor Boulin Johnson. 1st ed. c1993.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-355) and indexes.

Related Work:

Staples, Robert. Black families at the crossroads.

ISBN:

0787972223

OCLC:

55220442

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