Rethinking black motherhood and drug addictions : counternarratives of black family resilience / Tierra B. Tivis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tivis, Tierra B., author.

Series:

Black studies & critical thinking ; v. 106.

Black studies and critical thinking, 1947-5985 ; Volume 106

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American families.

African American mothers.

African American mothers--Substance use.

Women drug addicts--Family relationships--United States.

Women drug addicts.

African American women--Family relationships.

African American women.

Families.

United States.

Physical Description:

xiii, 212 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Peter Lang, [2018]

Summary:

Rethinking Black Motherhood and Drug Addictions: Counternarratives of Black Family Resilienceoffers a unique perspective on the complexities of being a Black mother addicted to crack, powder cocaine, heroin, and crank. Qualitative interviews provide rich narratives from five Black mothers challenging negative controlled images and stereotypes of Black motherhood and drug addiction. Using Black Feminist Thought, Critical Race Feminism, and Resilience as conceptual frameworks, this book confronts hegemonic constructions of Black mothers and their children within the context of drug addictions. Particular attention is focused on using the mothers_ self-definitions of struggles and family resilience to dismantle the negative controlled images of the junkie and the crack ho_ and her crack baby. The mothers in this book speak truth to their experiences with motherhood and addictions to some of the most powerful street drugs that explicitly defy the junkie, crack ho_, and crack baby images. The book also addresses tensions existing within researcher-participant relationships and nuances unique to research with Black mothers in recovery. Personal lessons learned and challenges experienced during the research process are highlighted as Tivis shares dilemmas of self-reflections of positionality, accountability and use of language. Rethinking Black Motherhood and Drug Addictionscontains important implications for research and practice in education and across other disciplines concentrating on mothers and children from racially diverse backgrounds. This book will be relevant for both undergraduate and graduate students and academics within these disciplines. Rethinking Black Motherhood and Drug Addictionswill be of interest to advanced pre-service teachers and other disciplines engaging in clinical and professional practice with addiction and with families.

Contents:

"These people are suffering": help versus incarceration

Tools for understanding drug addiction and black mothers' standpoint

Origin of the crack ho': Mammies, Jezebels, controlled images, and prosecution of addiction

"From Suga to shit": the drug business and destruction of black communities

More about the mothers, research practice, black motherhood and addiction

"I had help": Kinship, drug addictions, and black family resilience

"Wasn' no junkie, I was a workin' addict ... it's a difference": self-definition of black mothers' roles and responsibilities

Crack baby aftermath and navigating educational institutions

"I was just cryin' out to God": recovery and the spirituality of struggle.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781433135033

1433135035

9781433135040

1433135043

OCLC:

1001299044

Publisher Number:

99975778791