Latina and Black Women Collegians’ Paternal Relationships: A Chicana and Black Feminist Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis

Abstract

In the current qualitative study, we explored father (and varying father figures’) ethnoracial and gendered socialization messages toward Latina and Black college women. We conducted six focus group interviews with Black (n = 3 groups) and Latina (n = 3 groups) college women. Guided by Chicana and Black feminist interpretive phenomenological analysis, we identified four clusters which detailed perceived paternal influences in the lives of these college women: (a) paternal caring, (b) gender socialization, (c) value of education, and (d) developing platonic and romantic relationships.

Keywords

• Chicana/Latina feminism
• black feminism
• paternal socialization
• higher education