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Black Love Matters

Authentic Men's Voices on Marriages and Romantic Relationships

Armon R. Perry - Contributions by Siobhan Smith-Jones; Cheri Langley and Azaliah Israel

Black Love Matters is an in-depth qualitative analysis that focuses on a diverse group of adult black men and their attitudes towards behavior in marriage and romantic relationships. To give voice to the men’s narratives, Black Love Matters follows the men for four years, chronicling the experiences and the circumstances shaping their relationship trajectories. Highlights include discussions related to the roles that sex, infidelity, intimacy, trauma, family of origin, masculinity, and environmental factors play in the men’s attitudes and behaviors. Given the dearth of literature on black men featuring first-hand accounts from them, Black Love Matters makes a significant contribution to the existing literature that seems to be disproportionately focused on implicating black men in discussions of what ills their families and communities.

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Lexington Books
Pages: 174 • Trim: 6½ x 9
978-1-7936-2204-4 • Hardback • October 2020 • $105.00 • (£81.00)
978-1-7936-2206-8 • Paperback • May 2022 • $41.99 • (£35.00)
978-1-7936-2205-1 • eBook • October 2020 • $39.50 • (£30.00)
Subjects: Social Science / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies, Social Science / Sociology / Marriage & Family

Armon R. Perry is professor at the University of Louisville’s Kent School of Social Work.

Introduction

Chapter 1: From Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man to 4:44

with Siobhan Smith

Chapter 2: Setting the Stage

Chapter 3: Let’s Talk about Sex

with Cheri Langley

Chapter 4: Trials, Tribulations, and Trauma

with Azaliah Israel

Chapter 5: A Change Gonna Come

Chapter 6: Love and Manhood

Chapter 7: Reflections and Recaps

Bibliography

About the Authors

In this rather slender book, Perry (Univ. of Louisville) attempts to reach a greater understanding of how Black men conceptualize marriage, sex, and romantic relationships during what he labels the "Golden Age of Revelatory Black Male Media" in the US, spanning 2010 to the present. To that end, he undertakes a mixed-methods approach that includes a quantitative survey questionnaire and in-depth interviews with 33 Black men in Louisville, KY. . . the author identifies some of the macrostructures and microprocesses by which Black men attempt to construct and frame their attitudes toward relationships, marriage, and sex. The result is a noble initiation of a much-needed research agenda aimed at addressing the research gap on contemporary Black male sexuality and family relations. Future researchers in this area would certainly benefit by a close reading of this offering. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Graduate students and faculty.


— Choice Reviews


Black Love Matters

Authentic Men's Voices on Marriages and Romantic Relationships

Cover Image
Hardback
Paperback
eBook
Summary
Summary
  • Black Love Matters is an in-depth qualitative analysis that focuses on a diverse group of adult black men and their attitudes towards behavior in marriage and romantic relationships. To give voice to the men’s narratives, Black Love Matters follows the men for four years, chronicling the experiences and the circumstances shaping their relationship trajectories. Highlights include discussions related to the roles that sex, infidelity, intimacy, trauma, family of origin, masculinity, and environmental factors play in the men’s attitudes and behaviors. Given the dearth of literature on black men featuring first-hand accounts from them, Black Love Matters makes a significant contribution to the existing literature that seems to be disproportionately focused on implicating black men in discussions of what ills their families and communities.

Details
Details
  • Lexington Books
    Pages: 174 • Trim: 6½ x 9
    978-1-7936-2204-4 • Hardback • October 2020 • $105.00 • (£81.00)
    978-1-7936-2206-8 • Paperback • May 2022 • $41.99 • (£35.00)
    978-1-7936-2205-1 • eBook • October 2020 • $39.50 • (£30.00)
    Subjects: Social Science / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies, Social Science / Sociology / Marriage & Family
Author
Author
  • Armon R. Perry is professor at the University of Louisville’s Kent School of Social Work.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Introduction

    Chapter 1: From Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man to 4:44

    with Siobhan Smith

    Chapter 2: Setting the Stage

    Chapter 3: Let’s Talk about Sex

    with Cheri Langley

    Chapter 4: Trials, Tribulations, and Trauma

    with Azaliah Israel

    Chapter 5: A Change Gonna Come

    Chapter 6: Love and Manhood

    Chapter 7: Reflections and Recaps

    Bibliography

    About the Authors

Reviews
Reviews
  • In this rather slender book, Perry (Univ. of Louisville) attempts to reach a greater understanding of how Black men conceptualize marriage, sex, and romantic relationships during what he labels the "Golden Age of Revelatory Black Male Media" in the US, spanning 2010 to the present. To that end, he undertakes a mixed-methods approach that includes a quantitative survey questionnaire and in-depth interviews with 33 Black men in Louisville, KY. . . the author identifies some of the macrostructures and microprocesses by which Black men attempt to construct and frame their attitudes toward relationships, marriage, and sex. The result is a noble initiation of a much-needed research agenda aimed at addressing the research gap on contemporary Black male sexuality and family relations. Future researchers in this area would certainly benefit by a close reading of this offering. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Graduate students and faculty.


    — Choice Reviews


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