Marriage in Black - McDonald, Katrina Bell; Cross-Barnet, Caitlin
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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. Considering historical influences from Antebellum slavery onward, Marriage in Black investigates contemporary married life among more than 60 couples born after the passage of the Civil Rights Act. 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.…mehr

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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. Considering historical influences from Antebellum slavery onward, Marriage in Black investigates contemporary married life among more than 60 couples born after the passage of the Civil Rights Act. 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.
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Autorenporträt
Katrina Bell McDonald earned her PhD in Sociology from the University of California at Davis. She is Associate Professor of Sociology, Co-Director of the Center for Africana Studies at the Johns Hopkins University, and an Associate of the Hopkins Population Center. She joined the faculty in 1994 and teaches and conducts research on the African-American family, race and racism, racial privilege, intersectionality, and qualitative research methods. She has been happily married for 23 years. Caitlin Cross-Barnet earned her PhD in Sociology from the Johns Hopkins University in 2010. She is a sociologist, public health researcher, and an Associate of the Hopkins Population Center. Her current research focuses on the social determinants of health. She has taught courses on research methods, public health, gender, race-ethnicity, and social inequality. She has been happily married for 26 years.