Black Families

Dedication\nTitle\nCopyright\nContents\nPreface to the Fourth Edition\nAcknowledgments\nIntroduction\nPart I. Historical Conceptualizations of Black Families\n	1. African American Families: A Historical Note\n	2. The Nguzo Saba and the Black Family: Principles and Practices of Well-Being and Flourishing\n	3. Interpreting the African Heritage in African American Family Organization\nPart II. Theoretical Conceptualizations of African American Families\n	4. Conceptualizations and Research of African American Family Life in the United States: Some Thoughts\n	5. African American Family Life: An Instrument of Culture\n	6. African American Education: A Cultural-Ecological Perspective\nPart III. Spirituality and Religion in Black Families\n	7. Religion in African American Families\n	8. Old-Time Religion: Benches Can’t Say “Amen”\n	9. Sources of Racial Socialization: Theological Orientation of African American Churches and Parents\n	10. Death in the Family: Historical Descriptions and Funerary Display of African American Families\nPart IV. Family Patterns\n	11. African American Demographic Images\n	12. African American Female-Headed Households: Some Neglected Dimensions\n	13. The Significant Other: Type and Mode of Influence in the Lives of Black Families\nPart V. Socialization Within African American Families\n	14. Parenting of Young Children in Black Families: A Historical Note\n	15. The Roles of African American Fathers in the Socialization of Their Children\n	16. Family First, Then the World: The “Know-It-All” Aunt and Her Three Nephews\n	17. Kin KeepersSM: Breast Cancer Prevention for African American Women\n	18. Family Therapy: A Help-Seeking Option Among Middle-Class African Americans\nPart VI. African American Gender Relations\n	19. An Overview of Race and Marital Status\n	20. In Search of Love and Commitment: Dealing With the Challenging Odds of Finding Romance\n	21. Practices and Attitudes Toward Contraception in the Black Community\nPart VII. Family Policies and Advocacy\n	22. A Portrait of Inequality\n	23. The Impact of Welfare Reform on Black Families\nIndex\nAbout the Editor\nAbout the Contributors