The Helping Tradition in the Black Family and Community
Author | : Joanne Mitchell Martin |
Publisher | : N A S W Press |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 1985 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015016261094 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Download or read book The Helping Tradition in the Black Family and Community written by Joanne Mitchell Martin and published by N A S W Press. This book was released on 1985 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes and documents the existence of the black helping tradition, and offers a theory regarding its origin, development, and decline. The book is based on research operating from the fundamental assumption that a pattern of black self-help activities developed from the black extended family, particularly the extended family's major elements of mutual aid, social-class cooperation, male-female equality, and prosocial behavior in children; and that the pattern of black self-help spread from the black extended family to institutions in the wider black community through fictive kinship and racial and religious consciousness.