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The cultural adjustment of Asian lone mothers living in London / Rachana Sinha.
Van Pelt Library HQ759.915 .S56 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sinha, Rachana.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Single mothers--England--London.
- Single mothers.
- Women immigrants--England--London.
- Women immigrants.
- Marginality, Social--England--London.
- Marginality, Social.
- Asians--England--London--Social conditions.
- Asians.
- Social conditions.
- England--London.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 228 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Aldershot, Hants, England ; Brookfield, Vt. : Ashgate, [1998]
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Models of Race Relations 1
- The marginal personality 2
- The marginal situation 5
- Cultural deficit model 7
- Liberal pluralism 9
- The Marxist perspective 11
- Black perspectives 14
- Feminist perspectives 16
- Cultural pluralism 19
- Chapter 2 Family Values in Hindu, Muslim and Sikh Cultures 24
- Hindu culture 24
- Muslim culture 30
- Sikh culture 36
- Chapter 3 Methodology and the Sample 39
- Methodology procedures 40
- Profile of the sample 51
- Chapter 4 Living Conditions of Lone Parent Asian Mothers Living in London 62
- Employment 63
- Income 74
- Housing 85
- Physical health 93
- Chapter 5 The Mothers' Attitudes Towards Marriage, the Family and the Position of Women 99
- The mothers' attitudes towards marriage 99
- The mothers' attitudes towards losing the family honour 104
- The mothers' attitudes towards the position of women 108
- Chapter 6 The Mothers' Attitudes Towards Marriage Breakdown and Lone Parenthood 115
- The mothers' own attitudes towards marriage breakdown and lone parenthood 116
- The mothers' attitudes towards how others perceived them as lone parents 122
- The mothers' attitudes towards loss of marital status in the Asian community 129
- The mothers' attitudes towards their being lone parents 133
- Chapter 7 The Mothers' Experiences of Lone Parenthood 142
- The mothers' contact and attachment with the father 142
- The mothers' relationships with family and friends 148
- The mothers' contacts with social organisations 159
- The children's contact and attachment with the father 164
- Chapter 8 Types of Adjustment: Cultural and Psychological 175
- The mothers' cultural adjustment 175
- The mothers' psychological adjustment 188
- The research process 201
- The mothers' living standards 202
- The mothers' cultural attitudes 203
- The mothers' relationships 204
- The mothers' adjustments 206
- Policy implications 207.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-228).
- ISBN:
- 1840148063
- OCLC:
- 40752912
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