Handbook of contemporary families : considering the past, contemplating the future / editors Marilyn Coleman, Lawrence H. Ganong.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Coleman, Marilyn.

Ganong, Lawrence H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Families--United States.

Families.

United States.

Cultural pluralism--United States.

Cultural pluralism.

Physical Description:

xiii, 622 pages ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, [2004]

Summary:

The Handbook of Contemporary Families explores how families have changed in the last 30 years and speculates about future trends. Editors Marilyn Coleman and Lawrence H. Ganong, along with a multidisciplinary group of contributors, critique the approaches used to study relationships and families while suggesting modern approaches for the new millennium. The Handbook looks at how changes within the contemporary family have been reflected in family law, family education, and family therapy.

The Handbook of Contemporary Families is an excellent resource for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, educators, and practitioners who study and work with families in several disciplines, including Family Science, Human Development and Family Studies, Sociology, Marriage & Family Therapy, and Social Work.

Contents:

Household diversity : the starting point for healthy families in the new century / John Scanzoni

Alternate lifestyles today : off the family studies screen / Roger H. Rubin

The social & cultural construction of American childhood / Steven Mintz

Cohabitation and family change / Judith A. Seltzer

Variations in marriage over time : an ecological/exchange perspective / Ronald M. Sabatelli, Karen Ripoll

Gay men & lesbians : the family context / Lawrence A. Kurdek

Ambiguous constructions : development of a childless or child-free life course / Richard Bulcroft, Jay Teachman

Intimate relationships in later life : current realities, future prospects / Teresa M. Cooney, Kathleen Dunne

Jobs, marriage & parenting : working it out in dual-earner families / Maureen Perry-Jenkins, Elizabeth Turner

Gendered family relations : the more things change, the more they stay the same / Lori A. McGraw, Alexis J. Walker

Feminist visions for transforming families : desire & equality then & now / Katherine R. Allen

Encountering oppositions : a review of scholarship about motherhood / Susan Walzer

Fathering : paradoxes, contradictions & dilemmas / Scott Coltrane

Pathogenic-conflict families & children : what we know, what we need to know / W. Glenn Clingempeel, Eulalee Brand-Clingempeel

Divorce in social & historical context : changing scientific perspectives on children & marital dissolution / Paul R. Amato

Single-parent families : risks, resilience & change / Michele T. Martin, Robert E. Emery, Tara S. Peris

Britain's changing families / Graham Allan, Sheila Hawker, Graham Crow

Stepfamilies : changes & challenges / Kay Pasley, Brad S. Moorfield

Continuing research on Latino families : el pasado y el futuro / Linda Citlali Halgunseth

Diversity in African American families : trends & projections / M. Belinda Tucker, Saskia K. Subramanian, Angela D. James

Asian American families : diverse history, contemporary trends & the future / Masako Ishii-Kuntz

A "seven-generation" approach to American Indian families / Walter T. Kawamoto, Tamara C. Cheshire

Muslim families in the United States / Bahira Sherif-Trask

Families & religious beliefs, practices & communities : linkages in a diverse & dynamic cultural context / David C. Dollahite, Loren D. Marks, Michael A. Goodman

Family law for changing families in the new millennium / Mary Ann Mason, Mark A. Fine, Sarah Carnochan

Building enduring family policies in the 21st century : the past as prologue? / Karen Bogenschneider, Tom Corbett

The disturbing paradox of poverty in American families : what we have learned over the past four decades / Mark R. Rank

Brave new families : modern health technologies & family creation / Dianne M. Bartels

Understanding the effects of the Internet on family life / Robert Hughes, Jr., Jason D. Hans

Family therapy's response to family diversity : looking back, looking forward / Leigh A. Leslie, Goldie Morton

Contemporary family life education : thirty years of challenge & progress / Deborah B. Gentry.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0761927131

OCLC:

52687962