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African Americans in the South: Issues of Race, Class and Gender by University of Georgia Press (Paperback, 1992)

This volume reflects a new commitment by American anthropologists to engage in what has been called the anthropology of racism: the analysis of systems of inequality based on biological differences. Comprising 9 papers and related commentary, African Americans In the South examines racism, class stratification and sexism as they bear on the African-American struggle for social justice, equality and cultural identity in the South. The essays fall into three broad categories: ecomic survival strategies, health and reproductive problems and religious responses to the larger society. Essays in the first category discuss African-American teen pregnancy and mutual aid societies. The second group focuses on health practices and kwledge among blacks in a Georgia town, African-American midwifery in North Carolina, an AIDS education program in a Tennessee city and eating habits in rural North Carolina. The essays in the last category emphasize the diversity of the African-American religious experience by focusing on black Pentecostals, Jews and Mormons in the South.

Place of Publication
Georgia
Edited by
HANSA. Baer, Yvonne M. Jones
Series Part/Volume Number
No 25
Series Title
Southern Anthropology Society
Author Biography
Hans A. Baer is a professor of anthropology at the University of Arkansas, Little Rock. His books include The Black Spiritual Movement: A Religious Response to Racism. Yvonne Jones is an associate professor of anthropology and chairperson of the Department of Pan-African Studies at the University of Louisville. She has conducted extensive research on African American entrepreneurial activities.
Date of Publication
01/04/1992
Country of Publication
United States
Genre
Sociology & Anthropology: Professional

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