{"product_id":"african-americans-in-the-south-hans-a-baer-9780820313771","title":"African Americans in the South: Issues of Race, Class, and Gender","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis 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 nine papers and related commentary, \u003ci\u003eAfrican Americans in the South\u003c\/i\u003e examines racism, class stratification, and sexism as they bear on the African American struggle for social justice, equality, and cultural identity in the South. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe essays fall into three broad categories: economic 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 knowledge 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTogether these writings constitute an important, concerted first engagement of issues crucial to an understanding of the history and social life of the South.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hans a. Baer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820313777\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820313771\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 196\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.45d","brand":"Hans a. Baer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48086963224831,"sku":"9780820313771","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f88c2ca5-a81f-4af0-b85d-db2fa935ef7b.jpg?v=1769097509","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/african-americans-in-the-south-hans-a-baer-9780820313771","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}