Black Intimacies: A Gender Perspective on Families and Relationships

Hill (sociology, U. of Kansas) goes beyond the typical treatment of African Americans as a series of statistics and looks deep into the subtle and overt systems of oppression that have shaped the development of gender relationships and family. She describes how continued patriarchy has resulted in the declining legitimacy of gendered marriage, increased a fruitless search for the village, created the impact of class on the socialization of black children, and created gendered violence in the fo…