African American women with incarcerated mates : the psychological and social impacts of mass imprisonment / Avon Hart-Johnson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hart-Johnson, Avon, 1958- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American women--Social conditions.

African American women.

Prisoners' spouses--United States--Social conditions.

Prisoners' spouses.

Imprisonment--United States.

Imprisonment.

Social conditions.

United States.

Physical Description:

x, 201 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2017]

Summary:

"After four decades of mass incarceration in the U.S., the disproportionate number of black men in prisons has contributed to an epidemic of black women struggling to support fragile families. Yet the literature is scant on how African American women are affected by the imprisonment of their partners"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Preface

African American women in the age of mass incarceration

"The fixer" : bring my daddy back!

There goes the neighborhood

The cost of remaining connected

Relationships, children and loss

The theory of SIG-C

SIG-C and codependency

"Down to ride"

Charismatic and controlling mate : a jekyll-and-hyde situation

Grief, coping and ritual

Grief : "It's like death"

Coping : God, sex and rituals

Cultural sensitivity and intervention challenges

Cultural awareness

Intervention

Poverty, health and social consequences

Conclusion

Appendix A. AARM example

Appendix B: Research study methodological framework

Appendix C: Resources

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781476666822

1476666822

OCLC:

985075762