Inequalities of Love - College-Educated Black Women and the Barriers to Romance and Family

Informationen zum Autor Averil Y. Clarke Klappentext Averil Y. Clarke is a sociologist living in New Haven, Connecticut. Zusammenfassung The difficulties college-educated black women face when trying to date! marry! and have children Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures ix List of Tables xi Acknowledgments xv Introduction. Inequality: What's Love Got to Do with It? 1 1. School: Makin' It 41 2. Family: Unequal Roads to It 89 3. Marriage: "I Do" It When and If I Can 115 4. Sex: Is Everybody Doing It? 159 5. Contraception: To Plan It or Not to Plan It 193 6. Abortion: The Usefulness of It 231 Conclusion. Love Notes 271 Appendix 287 Notes 317 References 371 Index 403

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• Authors: Averil Clarke, Averil Y Clarke, Averil Y. Clarke
• Assisted by: Julia Adams (Editor), George Steinmetz (Editor)
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.07.2011
• EAN: 9780822350088
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-5008-8
• No. of pages: 432
• Series: Politics, History, and Culture; Politics, History, and Culture
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore