Black Love Matters - by Armon R Perry (Paperback)

About the Book

Black Love Matters is an in-depth qualitative analysis of black men's attitudes and behavior in marriage and romantic relationships featuring the men's firsthand accounts of the experiences and factors shaping their perspectives.

Book Synopsis

Black Love Matters is an in-depth qualitative analysis of black men's attitudes and behavior in marriage and romantic relationships featuring the men's firsthand accounts of the experiences and factors shaping their perspectives.

Review Quotes

In this rather slender book, Perry (Univ. of Louisville) attempts to reach a greater understanding of how Black men conceptualize marriage, sex, and romantic relationships during what he labels the "Golden Age of Revelatory Black Male Media" in the US, spanning 2010 to the present. To that end, he undertakes a mixed-methods approach that includes a quantitative survey questionnaire and in-depth interviews with 33 Black men in Louisville, KY. . . the author identifies some of the macrostructures and microprocesses by which Black men attempt to construct and frame their attitudes toward relationships, marriage, and sex. The result is a noble initiation of a much-needed research agenda aimed at addressing the research gap on contemporary Black male sexuality and family relations. Future researchers in this area would certainly benefit by a close reading of this offering. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Graduate students and faculty.

About the Author

Armon R. Perry is professor at the University of Louisville's Kent School of Social Work.