Resiliency in African-American families
By: editors, Hamilton I. McCubbin ... [et al.].
Contributors: McCubbin, Hamilton I.
Series: Resiliency in families series ;; v. 3; Resiliency in families series (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ;; v. 3
Publisher: Sage Publications
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 357
Subjects: African American families.
Description: [Publisher-supplied data] In a field dominated by deficiency and deviance models for minority families, Resiliency in African American Families breaks that mold by focusing on the strengths and resources of minority families. Taking an in-depth look at family resources and coping strategies of African Americans, this book pays particular attention to the role that culture and ethnicity play in minority families' development. Divided into two major sections, the book first examines the context in which the family unit lives and the effects of the community and cultural resources on the family's resilient adaptation to stressful life events, then shifts its focus to issues of resiliency within the context of family relationships. Compiled by a distinguished group of contributors, this edited volume explores the following topics: Extended family resources Racial socialization strategies Health care Religious supports Marital relations Parent-child relations Adolescent pregnancy. Social workers, counselors, and scholars in family studies, African American studies, ethnic studies, gender studies, and sociology will find this unique approach to African American families a valuable resource.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Breaking the silence: growing ip in today's inner city  / Alex Kotlowitz; title: African-American families: strength and realities / Harriette P. McAdoo; title: Culture, resiliency, and mutual osychological development / Nancy P. Genero; title: Indigenous resources and strategies of resistance: informal caregiving and racial socialization in Black communities / Michael C. Thornton; title: Resiliency in African-American families: military families in foreign environments / Hamilton I. McCubbin; title: Housing and neighborhood satisfaction of single-parent mothers and grandmothers / Marilyn L. Cantwell and Dorothy I. Jenkins; title: Healing forces in African-American families / Cherie A. Bagley and Juanita Elizabeth Carroll; title: The lack of prenatal care in poor urban African-American postpartal women: a phenomenological study / Carol Sue Holtz; title: Level of satisfaction in African-American marriages: a preliminary investigation / Michael Connor; title: Variation in adolescent pregnancy status: a national tri-ethnic study / Velma McBride Murry; title: Being there: the perception of fatherhood