Marriage in Black
Subtitle: the Pursuit of Married Life among American-born and Immigrant Blacks
By: editors, Cross-Barnet, Caitlin
Contributors: Cross-Barnet, Caitlin, author
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2018
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198
ISBN-13: 9781351018180; 9781351018173; 9781351018159
Subjects: African American couples; African Americans; Marriage; Social conditions; African American families; Social aspects; Married people; Noirs américains; Mariage; Conditions sociales; Familles noires américaines; Aspect social; Couples mariés
Description: "Despite the messages we hear from social scientists, policymakers, and the media, black Americans do in fact get married--and many of these marriages last for decades. Marriage in Black offers a progressive perspective on black marriage that rejects talk of black relationship "pathology" in order to provide an understanding of enduring black marriage that is richly lived. The authors offer an in-depth investigation of details and contexts of black married life, and seek to empower black married couples whose intimate relationships run contrary to common--but often inaccurate--stereotypes. Considering historical influences from Antebellum slavery onward, this book investigates contemporary married life among more than 60 couples born after the passage of the Civil Rights Act. Husbands and wives tell their stories, from how they met, to how they decided to marry, to what their life is like five years after the wedding and beyond. Their stories reveal the experiences of the American-born and of black immigrants from Africa or the Caribbean, with explorations of the "ideal" marriage, parenting, finances, work, conflict, the criminal justice system, religion, and race. These couples show us that black family life has richness that belies common stereotypes, with substantial variation in couples' experiences based on social class, country of origin, gender, religiosity, and family characteristics."--Provided by publisher.
Table of contents: title: Chapter The Socio-Historical Unshackling of African-American Relationships  -- Bell McDonald Katrina; title: chapter A Long View of black Marriage  -- Bell McDonald Katrina; title: chapter Black Marital Beginnings  -- Bell McDonald Katrina; title: chapter Men and Women, Husbands and Wives --; title: New Perspectives on Egalitarianism  -- Bell McDonald Katrina; title: chapter Contemporary Black Marriage and Parenting  -- Bell McDonald Katrina; title: chapter Is Marriage for Black People? --; title: Ethnic Perceptions of Blacks and the Institution of Marriage  -- Bell McDonald Katrina; title: chapter Sex, Money, and Beyond --; title: Conflict in Contemporary Black Marriages  -- Bell McDonald Katrina; title: chapter A New Lens on Black Marriage -- Bell McDonald Katrina.