Date of Award
2006
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Social Sciences
Department
Social Sciences
First Advisor
Texeira, Mary
Second Advisor
Valdez, Elsa
Third Advisor
Atkinson, Yvonne
Abstract
A case study of the Mother's Board of the First Missionary Baptist Church of Sun Village, California was conducted using the methods of participant observation, indepth interviews and oral history. This study shows the network formed around the Mother's Board at First Missionary Baptist Church as an exemplification of recurring matrifocal netowrks in the history of the African American community.
Recommended Citation
Fuller, Avril DeNisha, "A recurrence of matrifocal networks in the African American community: A case study of the mother's board of the Black Baptist Church" (2006). Theses Digitization Project. 3509.
https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3509
Included in
African American Studies Commons, Gender and Sexuality Commons, Sociology of Religion Commons
