African American women with incarcerated mates : the psychological and social impacts of mass imprisonment / Avon Hart-Johnson
- Author
- Hart-Johnson, Avon, 1958-
- Published
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2017]
- Physical Description
- x, 201 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Contents
- Preface -- African American women in the age of mass incarceration -- "The fixer" : bring my daddy back! -- There goes the neighborhood -- The cost of remaining connected -- Relationships, children and loss -- The theory of SIG-C -- SIG-C and codependency -- "Down to ride" -- Charismatic and controlling mate : a jekyll-and-hyde situation -- Grief, coping and ritual -- Grief : "It's like death" -- Coping : God, sex and rituals -- Cultural sensitivity and intervention challenges -- Cultural awareness -- Intervention -- Poverty, health and social consequences -- Conclusion -- Appendix A. AARM example -- Appendix B: Research study methodological framework -- Appendix C: Resources -- References -- Index.
- Summary
- "After four decades of mass incarceration in the U.S., the disproportionate number of black men in prisons has contributed to an epidemic of black women struggling to support fragile families. Yet the literature is scant on how African American women are affected by the imprisonment of their partners"--
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9781476666822 (paperback alkaline paper)
1476666822 (paperback alkaline paper) - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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