| Description |
1 online resource (220 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Gender and american culture
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Gender & American culture.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"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. |
| Contents |
Invocation -- Marrying the movement -- Marrying up -- Marrying Black -- Monstrous marriage -- Viewer, I married him -- Benediction. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Marriage -- History.
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African Americans -- Marriage. |
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History. |
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Marriage -- Government policy -- United States -- History.
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Marriage -- Government policy. |
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United States. |
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Marriage. |
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Income distribution -- United States -- History.
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Income distribution. |
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African American families -- History.
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African American families. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Subject |
Marriage. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Henderson, Aneeka Ayanna. Veil and vow. 1. Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2020 9781469651750 (DLC) 2019047734 (OCoLC)1119472279 |
| ISBN |
9781469651781 (electronic book) |
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1469651785 (electronic book) |
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9781469651750 |
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1469651750 |
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9781469651767 |
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1469651769 |
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