Riché J. Daniel Barnes

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Difficult Attachments

Anxieties of Kinship and Care

Rutgers University Press

Anthropologists have long considered kinship as the basis for social solidarity. But, what about when it is not? What about instances when kinship is characterized by neglect, violence, negative affect, or a lack of care? This edited volume, featuring slim and cutting-edge essays from a diverse group of anthropologists at different career stages, explores situations when kinship is experienced as difficult and ambivalent.   

  • Copyright year: 2025
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Raising the Race

Black Career Women Redefine Marriage, Motherhood, and Community

Rutgers University Press

Raising the Race is the first study to examine how black, married career women juggle their relationships with their extended and nuclear families, the expectations of the black community, and their desires to raise healthy, independent children. Including extensive interviews from women whose voices have been underrepresented in debates about work-family balance, Riché J. Daniel Barnes draws upon their diverse perspectives to propose policy initiatives that would improve the work and family lives of all Americans.

  • Copyright year: 2015
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