A New Look at Black Families

by Willie, Charles V.; Reddick, Richard J.

• ISBN13: 9780742570078
• ISBN10: 074257007X
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-02-16
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

This book is based upon the research and experience of two black scholars who have lived and worked in Northern and Southern regions of the United States, and in the Eastern and Western regions, too. It includes in-depth case studies of middle-class, working-class and low-income black families, as well as single-parent and two-parent families, and a family of three, which includes a child and two parents of the same gender. This range of families studied should be informative and should provide information that overcomes stereotyped conceptions about black family life.

Author Biography

Charles V. Willie, PhD, is the Charles W. Eliot Professor of Education Emeritus at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Richard J. Reddick, EdD, is assistant professor of educational administration at the University of Texas at Austin.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Conceptual Approaches to the Study Of Black Families
Introduction	p. 3
Family Life and Social Stratification	p. 19
Analyses of Black Families by Social Class
Middle-Class Black Families	p. 39
Working-Class Black Families	p. 59
Low-Income Black Families	p. 71
Cases for and Against Black Men and Black Women
The Case for and against Black Males	p. 85
The Myth of the Black Matriarchy	p. 101
Alternative Pathways to Success
Maternal Mentoring Models	p. 111
Paternal Mentoring Models	p. 125
Family Goals and Practices among Same-Gender Parents	p. 141
The Egalitarian Family	p. 151
Black Families and the Social System
Social and Economic Supports for Black Family Life	p. 157
The Complex and Interesting Family Life of Barack Obama	p. 179
Summary and Conclusions
Summary and Conclusions	p. 193
References	p. 207
Index	p. 217
About the Authors	p. 229
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