You Gotta Deal with It : Black Family Relations in a Southern Community

An account of a Black anthropologist's year of fieldwork in a Southern community offers in-depth analyses which reveal a South untouched by the civil-rights movement. Examines Black Family Life In A Southern Community And The Relationships Of Family Members To Each Other And To The Community In Which They Live. Introduction: General Description Of Community -- A Feeling Of Entrapment -- Judgment Day And The Aftermath -- You Gotta Deal With It -- Going To The Land Of Cotton -- Dealing With It -- Family Number One -- Family Number Two -- Family Number Three -- Family Number Four -- The Black Family Unit -- Good-bye Vera Ridge -- A Survey Of The Literature On The Black Family -- Attributes Of Mama -- Attributes Of Daddy -- Attributes Of Sister -- Attributes Of Brother -- Attributes Of A Person Who Is The Same As A Mama -- The Social And Physical Person. Theodore R. Kennedy. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 269-273. At a time when blacks are returning to the South in record numbers, this book offers proof that the stereotypical Southern town--replete with poverty, prejudice, and hopelessness for blacks--still persists despite the civil rights revolution. Presenting an anthropological overview of one community and in-depth analysis of four extended families, this book dispels misconceptions about the Southern black family and shows it to be a coherent, well-defined, and viable structure.