"Raise Up a Child"

Human Development in an African-American Family
Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-0-19-061653-3
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 266 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 380 g

Edith Hudley is an African-American grandmother who was born poor in rural Texas in 1920. In this beguiling book she tells how, through many vicissitudes, she achieved a better life for herself, her children, and grandchildren. But she is no stereotype. Without sentimentality and with considerable humor, she tells of both the privations and pleasures of her long life so vividly that she draws the reader into her world.

In this book she tells her stories to two white academics who know her well. At the end of each chapter, they provide an "interlude" suggesting what her narrative can teach about the process of human development. As each stage of her life unfolds, they make it clear how her character and convictions were formed.

Edith Hudley's convictions are strong, particularly about child-raising which has been her abiding interest as mother, grandmother, and "other" mother.

She has more than her own family's welfare at heart. She has definite views on education and parenting, and her attitude to physical discipline will spark controversy. Not that that will worry her. She has never been afraid to speak her mind ("You always were mouthie," one of her brothers tells her.) What she has to say is well worth hearing.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hudley, Edith

Haight, Wendy

Miller, Peggy

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Preface

- Introduction

- Part 1: Childhood

- 1. Family

- 2. Watching, Listening, Questioning

- 3. That Little Switch

- 4. Mamie's Death

- 5. Other Mothers

- 6. Community

- 7. Racism and Resistance

- 8. The Dead Return

- Interlude 1: Religion and Spirituality

- Part 2: Youth

- 9. Eighth Grade

- 10. Working for Miz A.

- 11. Protection against Predators

- 12. Keeping to the Right Path

- 13. Segregation and Integration

- Interlude 2: Oppression and Resistance

- Part 3: Married Life

- 14. Courtship

- 15. Outsmarting Mr. Bill and Cousin Oscar

- 16. Working in the Shipyards

- 17. Aaron's Death

- 18. Family Troubles

- 19. No More Babies

- 20. Storekeeping

- 21. Edna and Kathareen

- 22. The Accident

- 23. Mother Ewing

- Interlude 3: Mentoring

- Part 4: Raising Children

- 24. Raising Sand about School

- 25. Working with the Teachers

- 26. Chastising Children

- 27. Two Different Children

- 28. Fathers

- 29. Other People's Children

- Interlude 4: Physical Discipline

- Part 5: Later years

- 30. Meeting Floyd

- 31. Floyd and His Sons

- 32. Little Edith and Lulu May

- 33. Reaching out in Salt Lake City

- 34. Thoughts about Death

- Interlude 5: Narrative

- Appendix A: Chronology of Important Events in the Life of Edith V.P. Hudley

- Appendix B: Important People in the Life of Edith V.P. Hudley

- Appendix C: Some Notes for Students

- Index

Über Autor(innen)

Edith Hudley is a mother, grandmother, church deaconess, and master storyteller. She has devoted over seventy years to the care and nurturing of the many children who have called her "Mama."

Wendy Haight, (Ph.D. University of Chicago) is associate professor of social work at The University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. She and Miller have known Edith Hudley for years and, in this book, share the insights she has given them that have enlarged their own understanding of human development.

Peggy Miller, (Ph.D. Teachers College, Columbia University) is professor of psychology and Speech Communication at The University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. She and Haight have known Edith Hudley for years and, in this book, share the insights she has given them that have enlarged their own understanding of human development.