"""A sensitive example of the humanistic side of social anthropological research. It is an important contribution to our understanding of black culture, black family life, and the American South.""--Charles Wagley, University of Florida, Gainesville ""An important contribution to our understanding not only of black family life but of the special context in which it is lived in the south today.""--David M. Schneider, University of Chicago ""A sensitive example of the humanistic side of social anthropological research. It is an important contribution to our understanding of black culture, black family life, and the American South.""--Charles Wagley, University of Florida, Gainesville ""An important contribution to our understanding not only of black family life but of the special context in which it is lived in the south today.""--David M. Schneider, University of Chicago"