Veil and vow : marriage matters in contemporary African American culture / Aneeka Ayanna Henderson.
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- 9781469651781
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- African Americans -- Marriage -- History
- Marriage -- Government policy -- United States -- History
- Income distribution -- United States -- History
- African American families -- History
- Noirs américains -- Mariage -- Histoire
- Mariage -- Politique gouvernementale -- États-Unis -- Histoire
- Revenu -- Répartition -- États-Unis -- Histoire
- Familles noires américaines -- Histoire
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- African American Studies
- African American families
- African Americans -- Marriage
- Income distribution
- Marriage -- Government policy
- United States
- 306.85/08996073 23
- E185.86 .H4625 2020eb
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
"In 'Veil and Vow', Aneeka Ayanna Henderson places familiar, often politicized questions about the crisis of African American marriage in conversation with a rich cultural archive that includes fiction by Terry McMillan and Sister Souljah, music by Anita Baker, and films such as ###The Best Man#. Seeking to move beyond simple assessments of marriage as "good" or "bad" for African Americans, Henderson critically examines popular and influential late twentieth- and early twenty-first-century texts alongside legislation such as the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act and the Welfare Reform Act, which masked true sources of inequality with crisis-laden myths about African American family formation. Providing a new opportunity to grapple with old questions, including who can be a citizen, a "wife," and "marriageable," 'Veil and Vow' makes clear just how deeply marriage still matters in African American culture"-- Provided by publisher.
Invocation -- Marrying the movement -- Marrying up -- Marrying Black -- Monstrous marriage -- Viewer, I married him -- Benediction.
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