tracy reynolds (2002) Flashcards
analysing the black family
what does Reynolds reject?
lone-parent black Caribbean families having no father figure - not all matrifocal - divseity
Jamaican families are less…
conformist to traditional models
where are nuceur families more common?
Barbados
what does this explain?
higher rate of lone-parent famous from black carribean families - used to critiqued views of absentee in black families
visiting relationships do not inform to…?
western ideas of relationships
what does it mean that visiting relationships do no fir the western ideas of relationships?
do not fit neatly in definitions of households - neither cohabit or lone-parent
what are visiting relationships often closer to ?
common law families or nuclear families
in caribbean ilasnds tradition of marriage has what?
differing levels of relevance
who is this further supported by?
Berthold et al (2000)
what did Berthold et al suggest?
that black caribbean families are most adaptive to change - more black carribeam ,ales in ,oxed ethnicity parternships
how many black Caribbean males are in mixed ethnicity partnerships?
48%
what is meant by visiting relationships?
family headed by a female who has a male partner who plays a full and active role in the family when he is in the family home
matrifocal families
families led by and centred on females