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Index
COVER PAGE
TITLE PAGE
COPYRIGHT PAGE
CHARTS AND TABLES
CHARTS
TABLES
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
1: THE FLATS
THE SETTING
THE RESEARCH SCENE
MY HOME BASE
2: BLACK URBAN POOR
STEREOTYPES VERSUS REALITY
AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL APPROACH
3: SWAPPING
“WHAT GOES ROUND COMES ROUND”
THE OBLIGATION TO GIVE
THE RHYTHM OF EXCHANGE
SOCIAL NETWORKS
4: PERSONAL KINDREDS
“ALL OUR KIN”
MOTHERHOOD
FATHERHOOD
FRIENDSHIP
5: CHILD-KEEPING
“GIMME A LITTLE SUGAR”
STATISTICAL PATTERNS
TRANSACTIONS IN PARENTHOOD
6: DOMESTIC NETWORKS
“THOSE YOU COUNT ON”
KIN STRUCTURED LOCAL NETWORKS
RESIDENCE AND DOMESTIC ORGANIZATION
THE DOMESTIC NETWORK OF MAGNOLIA AND CALVIN WATERS
GENEROSITY AND POVERTY
7: WOMEN AND MEN
“I’M NOT IN LOVE WITH NO MAN REALLY”
MOTHERS AND FATHERS
FATHERS AND CHILDREN
MEN AND MOTHERS
8: CONCLUSION
WRITTEN IN COLLABORATION WITH JOHN R. LOMBARDI
APPENDIXES
APPENDIX A
AFDC CASE HISTORY SURVEY
APPENDIX B
OUTLINE OF INTERVIEW TOPICS
NOTES
INTRODUCTION
2. BLACK URBAN POOR
3. SWAPPING: "WHAT GOES ROUND COMES ROUND"
4. PERSONAL KINDREDS: "ALL OUR KIN"
5. CHILD-KEEPING: "GIMME A LITTLE SUGAR"
6. DOMESTIC NETWORKS: "THOSE YOU COUNT ON"
7. WOMEN AND MEN: "I’M NOT IN LOVE WITH NO MAN REALLY"
8. CONCLUSION
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
LITERATURE CITED
Index
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