A Comparison of Two Works on Black Family Life.

Collins, Patricia Hill

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Publication Date: 1989

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A Comparison of Two Works on Black Family Life.

Collins, Patricia Hill

Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, v14 n4 p875-84 Sum 1989

Compares and critiques Daniel Patrick Moynihan's 1965 labor report, "The Negro Family: The Case for National Action," and the televised version of it, Bill Moyer's special report "The Vanishing Family: Crisis in Black America." Discusses how gender, class, and race shape a group's status in society. (JS)

Descriptors: Black Culture, Black Family, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Influences, Economically Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged, Poverty, Racial Bias, Racial Relations, Sex Role, Social Stratification, Sociocultural Patterns

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Language: English

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