You gotta deal with it : Black family relations in a Southern community / by Theodore R. Kennedy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kennedy, Theodore R., 1936-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American families--Southern States.

African American families.

Southern States--Rural conditions.

Southern States.

Rural conditions.

Physical Description:

vi, 215 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1980.

Summary:

You Gotta Deal With It explodes the myth that the lives of Southern rural blacks have changed dramatically as a result of the civil rights revolution. Black anthropologist Theodore R. Kennedy offers a compelling account of his field work in a Southern community in 1972. Written at a time when blacks are returning to the South in record numbers, the author attests that the stereotypical Southern town -- replete with poverty, prejudice, and hopelessness -- still exists.

The book explains Kennedy's survival strategies, and offers an overview of the community and an in-depth analysis of four black extended families. His original research dispels misconceptions about black families. You Gotta Deal With It lets them speak for themselves. Their dialogue, blended with Kennedy's insightful narrative, demonstrates that the Southern black family is not "breaking down" or "matrifocal" but has a well-defined, coherent, viable structure.

Contents:

Introduction: General Description of Community 3

A Feeling of Entrapment 40

Judgment Day and the Aftermath 63

You Gotta Deal with It 85

Going to the Land of Cotton 105

Dealing with It 130

Family Number One 136

Family Number Two 154

Family Number Three 177

Family Number Four 195

The Black Family Unit 210

Good-bye Vera Ridge 235

Appendix A A Survey of the Literature on the Black Family 241

Appendix B Attributes of Mama 259

Appendix C Attributes of Daddy 259

Appendix D Attributes of Sister 260

Appendix E Attributes of Brother 261

Appendix F Attributes of a Person Who Is the Same as a Mama 261

Appendix G The Social and Physical Person 262.

ISBN:

0195025911.

019502592X

OCLC:

4883758