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Assimilation Blues: Black Families in a White Community
Contributor(s): Tatum, Beverly Daniel (Author)

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ISBN: 0313258724     ISBN-13: 9780313258725
Publisher: Praeger
OUR PRICE: $115.50  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 1987
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Annotation: This incisive study uses a phenomenological approach in its examination of black families in a white community. It goes beyond the probability statistics of attitude and behavior surveys to let the families speak for themselves about their experiences. Assimilation Blues provides an in-depth look at the realities of being a middle-class black parent, living, working, and raising children in a predominantly white community, through first-hand interviews. The candid responses of both parents and children about their lives and experiences raise many important issues that have immediate relevance for black families regardless of where they live.

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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General
Dewey: 303.482
LCCN: 87000241
Lexile Measure: 1220(Not Available)
Series: Contributions in Economics and Economic History,
Physical Information: 0.38" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" L (0.79 lbs) 127 pages
Features: Bibliography
 
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Assimilation Blues contributes to an expanding body of comparative family studies. . . . a springboard for the development of more directly comparative analysis. Family research involving issues of race and class should flow naturally from insights suggested by this work. As a significant contribution to the way we think about families, black-white relations, and social change, the book is well worth serious examination by scholars, as well as individals who find themselves in similar circumstances. Contemporary Sociology

This incisive study uses a phenomenological approach in its examination of black families in a white community. It goes beyond the probability statistics of attitude and behavior surveys to let the families speak for themselves about their experiences. Assimilation Blues provides an in-depth look at the realities of being a middle-class black parent, living, working, and raising children in a predominantly white community, through first-hand interviews. The candid responses of both parents and children about their lives and experiences raise many important issues that have immediate relevance for black families regardless of where they live.

 
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