Black families

Following the success of its best-selling predecessors, the Fourth Edition of Harriette Pipes McAdoo's Black Families retains several now classic contributions while including updated versions of earlier chapters and many entirely new chapters. The goal through each revision of this core text has been to compile a book that focuses on positive dimensions of African American families. The book remains the most complete assessment of black families available in both depth and breadth of coverage. Cross-disciplinary in nature, the book boasts contributions from such fields as family studies, anthropology, education, psychology, social work, and public policy. Directions for future research are suggested at the end of each chapter, and references guide readers to more in-depth discussion of specific topics. Chapters are grouped into six parts covering history, theoretical conceptions, religion, child socialization, gender relations, and public policy. - back of book

Previous edition: 1997.

African American families : a historical note / John Hope Franklin -- The Nguzo Saba and the Black family : principles and practices of well-being and flourishing / Maulana Karenga and Tiamoyo Karenga -- Interpreting the African heritage in African American family organization / Niara Sudarkasa -- Conceptualizations and research of African American family life in the United States : some thoughts / Jualynne Elizabeth Dodson -- African American family life : an instrument of culture / Wade W. Nobles -- African American education : a cultural-ecological perspective / John U. Ogbu -- Religion in African American families / Harriette Pipes McAdoo -- Old-time religion : benches can't say "amen" / William Harrison Pipes -- Sources of racial socialization : theological orientation of African American churches and parents / Pamela P. Martin and Harriette Pipes McAdoo -- Death in the family : historical description and funerary display in African American families / LaTrese Evette Adkins -- African American demographic images / Harriette Pipes McAdoo -- African American female-headed households : some neglected dimensions / Niara Sudarkasa -- The significant other : type and mode of influe…