Africanity and the Black Family: The Development of a Theoretical Model: 
Africanity and the Black Family: The Development of a Theoretical Model:
For the first time in a single place, the seminal theoretical thinking of Dr. Nobles is put forth for our examination and benefit. Not only does this text provide the student of the Black family with a framework for critiquing the field of Black family scholarship. It constructs a unique model for engaging in authentic scientific inquiry from an Afrocentric perspective and demonstrates with original research the application and implications of an Afrocentric theoretical and empirical framework for the examination of Black family life. The theoretical model discussed in this text is result of over a decade of applied research in the African-American culture, value systems. and lifestyles
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
FOREWORD i
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS iii
1. CRITICISM AND CREATIVITY: AN INTRODUCTION TO THEORETICAL DEVELOPMENT 1
2. THE LEGACY OF NON-BLACK RESEARCH 7
3. SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY: EMPIRICAL AND THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR DEFINING BLACK FAMILIES 27
4. TRANSUBSTANTIATION AND CONCEPTUAL INCARCERATION:EPISTEMOLOGICAL PROBLEMS INTHE ANALYSIS OF BLACK REALITY 39
5. BACK TO THE ROOTS: AFRICAN CULTURE AS A BASIS FORUNDERSTANDING BLACK FAMILIES 516. AFRICANITY: A THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL FRAMEWORK 67
7. IMPLICATIONS AND APPLICATIONSOF THE AFRICANITY MODEL 79
FOOTNOTES 95
GLOSSARY 99
BIBLIOGRAPHY 111
AUTHOR’S INDEX 117
SUBJECT INDEX 121