The Household Composition of Rural Black Families
Louisa County, Virginia, 1880
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3277360 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Crandall A Shifflett (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1975 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 235 |
| Publication date | 1975-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Interdisciplinary History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-1953 • E-ISSN: 1530-9169 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/202233 |
| OpenAlex | W2329145105 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
gists. In addition to this period of dormancy Billingsley has noted a second trend in the literature-a common tendency to treat black families as social problems.I It is this latter tendency that has been detrimental to our understanding of black domestic groups, and one which is clearly manifested in the emphasis on the woman-headed household in sociological and historical writings. Besides giving rise to a popular misconception that the black household is primarily woman-headed, these problem-centered studies have diverted our attention from the remaining two-thirds to three-fourths of black families that are stable, i.e., comprising both parents. The standard work on the subject for decades has been Frazier's The Negro Family in the United States, a voluminous work that traces the development of the black family from the days of slavery to the Great Depression. It provides a detailed account of the obstacles faced by blacks attempting to achieve some measure of family stability, and closes with a pessimistic prediction of further family disorganization. In an anxious tone, the book discusses family problems such as divorce, illegitimacy, infidelity, and, especially, the woman-headed household, the rise and fall of which receive two chapters as well as generous treatment elsewhere. However, in concentrating on the problems of black families in general, and on the woman-headed household in particular, Frazier obscures an important point, namely, that most black families did not succumb to these problems
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| Unique citing works | 16 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.36 |
| Citation span | 1981 - 2018 (38) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |