No More Kin Exploring Race, Class, and Gender in Family Netorks [Hardcover]

Many scholars and political analysts assume that thriving kin and non-kin social support networks continue to characterize minority family life. Policy recommendations based on these underlying assumptions may lead to the implementation of harmful social policy. No More Kin examines extended kinship networks among African American, Chicano and Puerto-Rican families in the United States, and provides an integrated theoretical framework for examining how the simultaneity of gender, race and class oppression affects minority family organization.

Many scholars and political analysts assume that thriving kin and non-kin social support networks continue to characterize minority family life. Policy recommendations based on these underlying assumptions may lead to the implementation of harmful social policy. No More Kin examines extended kinship networks among African American, Chicano and Puerto-Rican families in the United States, and provides an integrated theoretical framework for examining how the simultaneity of gender, race and class oppression affects minority family organization.

The Cultural Context of Care
The Structural Context of Care
The Culture-Structure Nexus
Race, Class and Gender
Modeling the Intersections
A New Context Emerges
Takin' Care
The Role of Women
Helping Out
The Role of Men
No More Kin