The Love Jones Cohort: Single and Living Alone in the Black Middle Class

ISBN-13: 9781316612910 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 250 str.

College Park) Marsh Kris (University of Maryland

Opis

This book provides a structural understanding of how identities of race, class, gender, and singleness reconfigure the Black middle class.

Recenzje

'With The Love Jones Cohort, sociologist Kris Marsh has transformed the way we understand single people and single life. While the dominant images of contemporary singles are mostly White, Dr. Marsh shows that Black singles are the true trailblazers. While many are tempted to ascribe people's single status solely to their personal choices and characteristics, Dr. Marsh exposes the systems of inequality lurking in the background. The Love Jones Cohort shatters the smug presumption that marriage is the one true path to the Black middle class. Combining brilliant sociological analyses with the intimate voices of people who are single and living alone in the Black middle class, Dr. Marsh sets aside tired, old deficit narratives of single life - especially Black single life - and shows how single people flourish. This book is a triumph.' Bella DePaulo, author of Singled Out: How Singles Are Stereotyped, Stigmatized, and Ignored, and Still Live Happily Ever After

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Scholarly debates on defining the Black middle class; 2. How the Love Jones Cohort define the Black middle class; 3. The Love Jones Cohort and Black middle-class identity; 4. The rise of never-married Black singles; 5. Choice, circumstance, or both?; 6. Lifestyle ebbs and flows; 7. Intergenerational mobility and disseminating wealth; 8. Homeownership and the accumulation of wealth; 9. Neighborhood decisions and interactions; 10. Health, mental well-being, and coping strategies (with Courtney Thomas); Conclusion; Afterword.