| Portion of title |
Sociology of an African American family's generational journey |
| Contents |
Foreword / by Austin Brett Bogues -- A Curious Chance Encounter: A Social Explorer Meets a NASA STEM Problem Solver -- Roscoe James: Dreaming the Legacy of a Good Name -- Samuel James: Bearing the Good Name -- Quilting Threads of Consciousness: The Good Name That Binds the Jameses -- Quilting Threads of Consciousness: The Dilemmas of Duty and Living the Good Name -- Binding the Good Name through Linking the Generational Chain -- The Fruit of Pennie and Roscoe James' Good Name. |
| Abstract |
"In this masterful work of family-focused sociology, Lois Benjamin considers the lives of Pennie and Roscoe James and their children, revealing how a large, close-knit African American family with humble origins in a small town of North Carolina is shaped by the contours of its religious and ethical value system. Despite the challenges of daily experiences, the James elders transmitted values to their children that provided them with the resources to thrive and the resilience to meet adversity. The James children recount their personal, unique perspectives on how faith, familial solidarity, and savvy entrepreneurship led to their continued generational success. Benjamin uses a blend of ethnographic and qualitative methods to place the Jameses' experiences in broader historical context. In doing so, she shows that the family's values of compassion, empathy, and communitarian and enterprising spirit offer hope in this polarized society"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2023047029 |
| ISBN | 9781469678665 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9781469678672 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
| ISBN | (pdf) |
