Book
The eighth generation: cultures and personalities of New Orleans Negroes
Harper & Brothers • New York • Published In 1960 • Pages:
By: Rohrer, John H. (John Harrison), Edmonson, Munro S., Tulane University, Urban Life Institute.
Abstract
This source is a restudy, conducted nearly 20 years later, of Children of Bondage (Davis and Dollard 1940 [1958 printing]). The authors located 90 of the 277 individuals interviewed by Davis and Dollard, interviewed 47, and more intensively studied 20 of them. Their purpose was to find out what had happened to the people and to see if they were using the same childrearing practices that had been used on them. The authors divided the sample into five groups, four comprising subcultural groups--the matriarchy, the gang, the family, the middle class--and a fifth residual group of marginal individuals. Life histories of individuals representing these groups are presented.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2019
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Types
- Psychologist
- Ethnographer
- Sociologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Marlene Martin ; 1986
- Field Date
- 1953-1956
- Notes
- Editors: John H. Rohrer [and] Munro S. Edmonson. Co-authors: Harold Lief, Daniel Thompson [and] William Thompson
- 'This volume reports a research project carried out during the years 1953-1956 at the Urban Life Research Institute of Tulane University ... The responsibility for its direction rested with Dr. John Rohrer.'
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCN
- 59013990
- LCSH
- African Americans--Case studies
- African Americans--Psychology--Case studies
- African Americans--Louisiana--New Orleans--Case studies