Introduction to Africana Demography

Lessons from Founders E. Franklin Frazier, W.E.B. Du Bois, and the Atlanta School of Sociology
Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-90-04-43312-0
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 169, 230 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 534 g

Reihe: Studies in Critical Social Sciences

In Introduction to Africana Demography: Lessons from Founders E. Franklin Frazier, W.E.B. Du Bois, and the Atlanta School of Sociology scholars from across the country wed Black Sociology with critical demography within an Africana Demography framework. Contributors speak to innovative ways to address pressing issues and have the added benefit of affording many of the scholars denied their rightful place in the sociological and demographic canons. Specifically, the book includes an introduction outlining Africana demography and chapters that provide a critique of conventional demographic approaches to understanding race and social institutions, such as the family, religion, and the criminal justice system.

Contributors include: Lori Latrice Martin, Anthony Hill, Melinda Jackson-Jefferson, Maretta McDonald, Weldon McWilliams, Jack S. Monell, Edward Muhammad, Brianne Painia, Tifanie Pulley, David I. Rudder, Jas M. Sullivan, Arthur Whaley, and Deadric Williams.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Martin, Lori Latrice

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

List of Figures and Tables

Notes on Contributors

Introduction

Lori Latrice Martin

Part 1: Africana Demography and Migration, Fertility, and Mortality

1 Carceral Migration: an Africana Demographic Reframing of Post-release Pathways for Formerly Incarcerated Populations

Brianne Painia

2 Child Support Enforcement as Social Control: Black Fathers and Multi-partner Fertility

Maretta McDonald

Part 2: Africana Demography and Policing

3 Us versus Them: “We Are More Fearful of the Police than the Actual Criminals”

Melinda Jackson-Jefferson

4 Policing the Black Community: History, Reality, and the Rudiments of Change

Edward Muhammad and Jack S. Monell

5 African Americans’ Response to Discrimination: Does Region Matter?

Jas M. Sullivan

Part 3: Africana Demography and Bridging Racial Gaps

6 Rethinking Black Families in Poverty: Postcolonial Critiques and Critical Race Possibilities

Deadric Williams

7 Embodying a Hybrid Habitus: Identity Construction and Social Mobility among Working-class Black Women

Tifanie Pulley and Arthur Whaley

8 A Black Theology of Liberation: the Black Church and a Living Wage

Weldon McWilliams

9 Reducing the Achievement Gap of African Americans through a Mental Health Lens

David I. Rudder and Anthony Hill

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Lori Latrice Martin, Ph.D. (2006), University at Albany, SUNY, is Professor of African and African American Studies and Sociology at Louisiana State University. She is the author of Big Box Schools (Lexington Books, 2015), among other scholarly publications.