African American Families

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ISBN: 9781412924665

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Edition: 2007

Authors: Angela J. Hattery, Earl Smith

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"???Bravo to the authors! They have done an excellent job addressing the issues that are critical to community members, policy makers and interventionists concerned with Black families in the context of our nation.???"???Michael C. Lambert, "University of Missouri,"" Colombia""" "???African American Families is a timely work. The strength of this text lies in the depth of coverage, clarity, and the ability to combine secondary sources, statistics and qualitative data to reveal the plight of African Americans in society.???"???Edward Opoku-Dapaah, "Winston-Salem"" State University""" "???African American Families is both engaging and challenging and is perhaps one of the most important… works I have read in many years. This book will most certainly move the discourse of the socio-economic conditions of black families forward, beyond the boundaries already set by other books in the market. African American Families is an excellent book whose time has come, and one that I would most definitely adopt.??? "???Lateef O. Badru, "University"" of Louisville""" African American Families provides a systematic sociological study of contemporary life for families of African descent living in the United States. Analyzing both quantitative and qualitative data, authors Angela J. Hattery and Earl Smith identify the structural barriers that African Americans face in their attempts to raise their children and create loving, healthy, and raise the children of the next generation. Key Features: "Uses the lens provided by the race, class, and gender paradigm": Examples illustrate the ways in which multiple systems of oppression interact with patterns of self-defeating behavior to createbarriers that deny many African Americans access to the American dream."Addresses issues not fully or adequately addressed in previous books on Black families": These issues include personal responsibility and disproportionately high rates of incarceration, family violence, and chronic illnesses like HIV/AIDS. "Brings statistical data to life": The authors weave personal stories based on interviews they???ve conducted into the usual data from scholarly(?) literature and from U.S. Census Bureau reports."Provides several illustrations from Hurricane Katrina": A contemporary analysis of a recent disaster demonstrates many of the issues presented in the book such as housing segregation and predatory lending practices."Offers extensive data tables in the appendices": Assembled in easy-to-read tables, students are given access to the latest national agencies data from agencies including the U.S. Census Bureau, Centers for Disease Control, and Bureau of Justice Statistics. Intended Audience: This is an ideal textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses such as African American Families, Sociology of the Family, Contemporary Families, and Race and Ethnicity in the departments of Human Development and Family Studies, Sociology, African American Studies, and Black Studies.

Book details

List price: $64.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/19/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 408
Size: 6.25" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English

Angela J. Hattery, PhD holds the Zachary T. Smith Reynolds Associate Professorship in Sociology and Women & Gender Studies at Wake Forest University. She completed her B.A. at Carleton College and her M.S. and PhD at the University of Wisconsin-Madison before joining the faculty of Wake Forest in 1998. Her research focuses on social stratification, gender, family, and race. She is the author of numerous articles, book chapters, and books, including another Sage book: Women, Work, and Family: Balancing and Weaving (2001). Her forthcoming book Violence in Intimate Partner Relationships will appear in 2007.



Preface



African American Families: A Brief Introduction


Objectives


Introduction


What We Hope to Accomplish


The Question of Social Class


Data Sources


Organization of the Book


Notes



African American Civil Society: Issues, Approaches, Demography, and Theory


Objectives


Introduction


Definitions


Race as a Social Construct


African American Families


Structural Versus Individual Explanations


African American Families: A Profile


Theoretical Approaches to Studying African American Families


Data and Methods


Notes



Family Formation, Marriage Rates, and Cohabitation


Objectives


Introduction


Factors That Affect Family Form


Functions and Purposes of Marriage


Marriage Patterns


The Marriage Gap


In Their Own Words


Race, Class, and Gender Analysis


Summary: Outcomes of the Low Marriage Rate


Solutions


Notes



Childbearing and Childrearing Patterns


Objectives


Introduction


Childbearing Patterns


Nonmarital Births


Race, Class, and Gender Paradigm


Conclusions


Solutions


Notes



Intimate Partner Violence


Objectives


Introduction


Definitions


The Problem


The Family Violence Approach


The Feminist Paradigm


Race, Class, and Gender Approach to Studying IPV


The Dirty Little Secret: IPV in the African American Community


African American Women as Victims/Survivors of IPV: Statistics/Rates


Men and Masculinity


Race, Class, and Gender Paradigm


Solutions


Notes



HIV and Other Social and Health Issues


Objectives


Introduction


The State of Health and Well-Being in African American Civil Society


Racial Disparities in Chronic Diseases


Racial Disparities in HIV/AIDS


Leading Causes of Death


Infant Mortality


Outcomes of Poor Health: Premature Death


Causes of Poor Health and Death


Environmental Injustice


The Politics of Health Care


The Genetics (and Politics) of Race/Ethnicity and Health


Race, Class and Gender Paradigm


Solutions


Notes



Access to Opportunity: Educational Attainment and Occupational Segregation


Objectives


Introduction


A Brief History of Race and Education


Educational Attainment


Access to Education: Legacy


The Economy


Race, Class, and Gender: African American Women's History of Work


Occupations and Work


Occupational Segregation: The Impact of Race and Gender


Causes of Occupational Segregation


Outcomes of Occupational Segregation


Financial Outcomes: Lower Earnings


Race, Class, and Gender Paradigm


Solutions


Notes



Welfare and Wealth


Objectives


Introduction


Income Versus Wealth


Income and Income Disparities


Wealth and Wealth Disparities


Wealth Disparities and Access to the American Dream?


Housing


A Clear Illustration: Hurricane Katrina


Poverty


Welfare


Welfare Reform


Stereotypes About Welfare and Poverty


Welfare Versus Work


Welfare Reform and Family Values


Welfare Reform and Incarceration, or African American Mothers Are Crackheads


Race, Class, and Gender Analysis


Solutions


Notes



African American Males and the Incarceration Problem: Not Just Confined to Prison


Objectives


Introduction


Definitions


Prisons as Total Institutions


The Growth of Prisons: Institutions and Population


The Purpose of Prison: Rehabilitation or a Tool of Capitalism?


The Demographics of the Prison Population: Race and Gender


Explaining Racial Disparities in Incarceration


The Effects of Incarceration on the Lives of Young African American Men


Felony Disenfranchisement


Other Bans-Social Services


Race, Class, and Gender Paradigm


Solutions


Notes



Conclusion: Solutions to a Longstanding Problem: Race, Class, and Patriarchy in the 21st Century


Summary and Review of the Primary Themes


Degrees of Separation


A Snapshot of the African American Family


The Struggles


The Causes


Bans


Family Form


The Relationship Between Structural Forces and Individual Choices


What Is To Be Done?


Structural Forces: Race, Class, and Gender


Final Thoughts


Notes


Appendices


References


About the Authors


Index