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Politics of Respectability, Colorism, and the Terms of Social Exchange in Family Research
Author(s) -
Landor Antoinette,
Barr Ashley
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of family theory and review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.454
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1756-2589
pISSN - 1756-2570
DOI - 10.1111/jftr.12264
Subject(s) - scholarship , intersectionality , sociology , social exchange theory , politics , relevance (law) , social theory , epistemology , race (biology) , gender studies , social science , positive economics , political science , philosophy , law , economics
In this article, we consider the utility of social exchange theory when centering the material and cultural realities of people and families of color. We draw on critical race and intersectionality scholarship to argue that this work challenges some of the core assumptions of social exchange theory (while reifying others) and offers novel avenues of inquiry and expanded foci for family researchers employing a social exchange framework. We illustrate our points by focusing on existing research and offering new empirical evidence on African Americans, yet we note that our revisioning has broader relevance for relationships between and within other groups and positionalities.