African American families.9781412924665 African American African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. families. Hattery, Angela J. and Earl Smith. Sage Publications 2007 385 pages $39.95 Paperback E185 For courses in family studies and human development, sociology, African American studies African American studies (also known as Black studies and/or Africana studies) is an interdisciplinary academic field devoted to the study of the history, culture, and politics of African Americans. , and black studies, this text presents a sociological study of life for families of African descent living in the US, with an aim to expose inequalities. Hattery and Smith (sociology, women and gender studies, and American ethnic studies, Wake Forest U.) argue that social institutions block full access to opportunities, and they detail issues that affect these families in terms of family formation, marriage rates, and cohabitation A living arrangement in which an unmarried couple lives together in a long-term relationship that resembles a marriage. Couples cohabit, rather than marry, for a variety of reasons. They may want to test their compatibility before they commit to a legal union. ; childbearing and childrearing patterns, intimate partner violence, HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. and other social and health issues; educational attainment and occupational segregation; welfare and wealth; and African American males and incarceration Confinement in a jail or prison; imprisonment. Police officers and other law enforcement officers are authorized by federal, state, and local lawmakers to arrest and confine persons suspected of crimes. The judicial system is authorized to confine persons convicted of crimes. . They use the race, class, and gender paradigm and stress the role institutions play in these areas. Some of the data was drawn from the US Census and interviews the authors conducted. ([c]20072005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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