African American Families

Angela J. Hattery is Professor of the Women & Gender Studiesand co-Director of the Center for the Study and Prevention of Gender Based Violence at the Universityof Delaware. She received her BA in sociology and anthropology from Carleton College and her masters and Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is the author of 12 books. Her most recent, Way Down in the Hole: Race, Intimacy and the Reproduction of Racial Ideologies in Solitary Confinement explores the ways in which racial antagonisms are exacerbated by theparticularstructures of solitaryconfinement. She is also the author of Policing Black Bodies: How Black Lives are Surveilled and How to Work for Change (2022) and Gender, Power and Violence: Responding to Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence in Society Today. Prior to coming to UD she held positions at Ball State University, Wake Forest University, Colgate University, and most recently at George Mason University. Earl Smith, PhD, is Emeritus Distinguished Professor of American Ethnic Studies and Sociology at Wake Forest University, and is currently teaching classes in Sociology, African and African American Studies, and Women & Gender Studies at the University of Delaware.  Dr. Smith earned his Ph.D. at the University of Connecticut. His teaching and research focus on the sociology of sport, social stratification, and the intersection of race and the criminal justice system.  He is the author of 12 books, including his most recent book, Way Down in the Hole: Race, Intimacy and the Reproduction of Racial Ideologies in Solitary Confinement (2021). The book is based on three summers of ethnographic research in a large state penitentiary system. Methodologically, we conducted over 100 face-to-face interviews with inmates and correctional officers. His other books include Policing Black Bodies: How Black Lives are Surveilled and How to Work for Change (2022) and Gender, Power and Violence: Responding to Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence in Society Today and Race, Sport and the American Dream (2014).

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• Preface1. African American Families: A Brief IntroductionObjectivesIntroductionWhat We Hope to AccomplishThe Question of Social ClassData SourcesOrganization of the BookNotes2. African American Civil Society: Issues, Approaches, Demography, and TheoryObjectivesIntroductionDefinitionsRace as a Social ConstructAfrican American FamiliesStructural Versus Individual ExplanationsAfrican American Families: A ProfileTheoretical Approaches to Studying African American FamiliesData and MethodsNotes3. Family Formation, Marriage Rates, and CohabitationObjectivesIntroductionFactors That Affect Family FormFunctions and Purposes of MarriageMarriage PatternsThe Marriage GapIn Their Own WordsRace, Class, and Gender AnalysisSummary: Outcomes of the Low Marriage RateSolutionsNotes4. Childbearing and Childrearing PatternsObjectivesIntroductionChildbearing PatternsNonmarital BirthsRace, Class, and Gender ParadigmConclusionsSolutionsNotes5. Intimate Partner ViolenceObjectivesIntroductionDefinitionsThe ProblemThe Family Violence ApproachThe Feminist ParadigmRace, Class, and Gender Approach to Studying IPVThe Dirty Little Secret: IPV in the African American CommunityAfrican American Women as Victims/Survivors of IPV: Statistics/RatesMen and MasculinityRace, Class, and Gender ParadigmSolutionsNotes6. HIV and Other Social and Health IssuesObjectivesIntroductionThe State of Health and Well-Being in African American Civil SocietyRacial Disparities in Chronic DiseasesRacial Disparities in HIV/AIDSLeading Causes of DeathInfant MortalityOutcomes of Poor Health: Premature DeathCauses of Poor Health and DeathEnvironmental InjusticeThe Politics of Health CareThe Genetics (and Politics) of Race/Ethnicity and HealthRace, Class and Gender ParadigmSolutionsNotes7. Access to Opportunity: Educational Attainment and Occupational SegregationObjectivesIntroductionA Brief History of Race and EducationEducational AttainmentAccess to Education: LegacyThe EconomyRace, Class, and Gender: African American Women′s History of WorkOccupations and WorkOccupational Segregation: The Impact of Race and GenderCauses of Occupational SegregationOutcomes of Occupational SegregationFinancial Outcomes: Lower EarningsRace, Class, and Gender ParadigmSolutionsNotes8. Welfare and WealthObjectivesIntroductionIncome Versus WealthIncome and Income DisparitiesWealth and Wealth DisparitiesWealth Disparities and Access to the American Dream?HousingA Clear Illustration: Hurricane KatrinaPovertyWelfareWelfare ReformStereotypes About Welfare and PovertyWelfare Versus WorkWelfare Reform and Family ValuesWelfare Reform and Incarceration, or African American Mothers Are CrackheadsRace, Class, and Gender AnalysisSolutionsNotes9. African American Males and the Incarceration Problem: Not Just Confined to PrisonObjectivesIntroductionDefinitionsPrisons as Total InstitutionsThe Growth of Prisons: Institutions and PopulationThe Purpose of Prison: Rehabilitation or a Tool of Capitalism?The Demographics of the Prison Population: Race and GenderExplaining Racial Disparities in IncarcerationThe Effects of Incarceration on the Lives of Young African American MenFelony DisenfranchisementOther Bans-Social ServicesRace, Class, and Gender ParadigmSolutionsNotes10. Conclusion: Solutions to a Longstanding Problem: Race, Class, and Patriarchy in the 21st CenturySummary and Review of the Primary ThemesDegrees of SeparationA Snapshot of the African American FamilyThe StrugglesThe CausesBansFamily FormThe Relationship Between Structural Forces and Individual ChoicesWhat Is To Be Done?Structural Forces: Race, Class, and GenderFinal ThoughtsNotesAppendicesReferencesAbout the AuthorsIndex