Africanity and the Black Family
Author: Wade W. Nobles
Publisher: Black Family Institute Publishers
Published: 1985
Total Pages: 136
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African Americans and Africa
Author: Nemata Amelia Ibitayo Blyden
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2019-05-28
Total Pages: 281
ISBN-13: 0300244916
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn introduction to the complex relationship between African Americans and the African continent What is an “African American” and how does this identity relate to the African continent? Rising immigration levels, globalization, and the United States’ first African American president have all sparked new dialogue around the question. This book provides an introduction to the relationship between African Americans and Africa from the era of slavery to the present, mapping several overlapping diasporas. The diversity of African American identities through relationships with region, ethnicity, slavery, and immigration are all examined to investigate questions fundamental to the study of African American history and culture.
African-American Families
Author: Wade W. Nobles
Publisher: Black Family Institute Publishers
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 172
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Black Family
Author: Lee N. June
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9780310455912
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the fifteen chapters that comprise this comprehensive look at the Black family today, each of the contributors deals with an aspect of family life that pertains especially to the Black community. The topics include the extended family, single female parenting, teenagers, male-female relationships, the role of the church, pastoral counseling, marital counseling, sexuality, money management, sexual abuse, drug abuse, and evangelizing the Black male.
The Black Family
Author: Sadye Logan
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-05-04
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 0429974205
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWith numerous selections designed to reinforce the goal of empowering clients to take charge of their lives, this revised and updated second edition of The Black Family serves a two-fold purpose. It extends the small but growing body of strength-oriented literature to include African-American families and it serves as a natural extension of current texts on African-American families to provide social workers and the education community with a broader framework for understanding the needs of Black families. Offering both a research orientation and a practice perspective, this book should appeal to social work educators and practitioners involved in family services, health and mental health settings, and child and public welfare.
Black Families
Author: Harriette Pipes McAdoo
Publisher: SAGE
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 384
ISBN-13: 1412936373
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Africanisms in American Culture, Second Edition
Author: Joseph E. Holloway
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2005-08-03
Total Pages: 456
ISBN-13: 9780253217493
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Black Families
Author: Harold E. Cheatham
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017-10-19
Total Pages: 233
ISBN-13: 1351316303
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe condition and characteristics of the black family have been subjects of intense debate since at least the 1960s, when the Moynihan Report and the culture of poverty theses held sway. Since then a consistent theme has been that black families are pathological. Despite the fact that research has been inconclusive and contradictory, political debate and policy have been strongly influenced by the pathology theme. This volume presents alternative approaches toward understanding the special characteristics of black families. Extending a special issue of The Review of Black Political Economy, the book focuses on the economic circumstances and decision making of these families, employing Interdisciplinary and cross-cultural perspectives. It examines the general responses of black families to various external factors such as economic systems, and to Internal factors such as interpersonal relationships. This compendium of current thinking and research will be of interest to professionals in a number of fields, Including family studies, counseling, social work, psychology, and sociology. It will be of practical use in training programs for service delivery systems Interested In Incorporating multicultural perspectives, as well as those specifically interested in black families today.
African American Family Life
Author: Vonnie C. McLoyd
Publisher: Guilford Press
Published: 2005-09-26
Total Pages: 367
ISBN-13: 1572309954
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume brings together leading experts from different disciplines to offer new perspectives on contemporary African American families. A wealth of knowledge is presented on the heterogeneity of Black family life today; the challenges and opportunities facing parents, children, and communities; and the impact on health and development of key cultural and social processes. Comprehensive and authoritative, the book critically evaluates current policies and service delivery models and sets forth cogent recommendations for supporting families' strengths. Following an overview that traces the ongoing evolution of theory and research in the field, the book examines how African American families fare on numerous indicators of well-being. Throughout, contributors identify factors that promote or hinder healthy child and family development, writing from a culturally sensitive, nonpathologizing stance. The concluding chapter provides an up-to-date framework for culturally competent mental health practice.
African American Relationships, Marriages, and Families
Author: Patricia Dixon
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-06-17
Total Pages: 329
ISBN-13: 113591673X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAfrican American Relationships, Marriages, and Families is a historically and culturally centered text designed for relationship, marriage and family educators and therapists who work with African American singles and couples. Complete with numerous exercises, the book helps singles and couples increase their self-awareness, partner awareness and respect, and appreciation for difference. It also helps foster effective communication and conflict resolution skills, showing readers how to develop and maintain healthy relationships, marriages, and families. No ground is left uncovered in Dixon’s thoughtful and considered analysis.
