Sociologists and policy analysts depict many poor and low-income communities as matriarchal female domains. Nevertheless, many men reside and participate in these communities. Unfortunately, researchers and policy makers often misconceive of public housing as female-headed, male-absent households. So this dissertation ask whether men are really missing or are social scientists and policy makers just unable to find them. This dissertation sheds light on this question by examining residential and affiliation patterns of black men in a low-income public housing neighborhood in New Orleans. Using qualitative methods that include participant observation, in-depth interviews, focus groups and genealogies, this research explores the presence of men in a public housing neighborhood and their financial and non-financial contributions to families, households and the neighborhood at large / acase@tulane.edu
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TULANE/oai:http://digitallibrary.tulane.edu/:tulane_24566 |
| Date | January 2003 |
| Contributors | Sams-Abiodun, Petrice Michelle (Author), Sanchez, Laura (Thesis advisor) |
| Publisher | Tulane University |
| Source Sets | Tulane University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | Access requires a license to the Dissertations and Theses (ProQuest) database., Copyright is in accordance with U.S. Copyright law |
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