Brotherhood University

Brotherhood University Black Men's Friendships and the Transition to Adulthood - The American Campus

Hardback (23 May 2024)

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Publisher's Synopsis

How do young Black men navigate the transition to adulthood in an era of labor market precarity, an increasing emphasis on personal independence, and gendered racism? In Brotherhood University, Brandon A. Jackson utilizes longitudinal qualitative data to examine the role of emotions and social support among a group of young Black men as they navigate a "structural double bind" as college students and into early adulthood. While prevailing stereotypes portray young Black men as emotionally aloof, Jackson finds that the men invested in an emotion culture characterized by vulnerability, loyalty, and trust, which created a system of mutual social support, or brotherhood, among the group as they navigated college, prepared for the labor market, and experienced romantic relationships. Ten years later, as they managed the early stages of their careers and considered marriage and child-rearing, the men continued to depend on the emotional vulnerability and close relationships they forged in their college years.
 

Book information

ISBN: 9781978821521
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 378.1982996073
DEWEY edition: 23/eng/20231027
Language: English
Number of pages: 230
Weight: 64g
Height: 216mm
Width: 140mm
Spine width: 18mm