Love in a global village : a celebration of intercultural families in the Midwest / by Jessie Carroll Grearson & Lauren B. Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grearson, Jessie Carroll.

Contributor:

Smith, Lauren B., 1963-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intermarriage--Middle West--Case studies.

Intermarriage.

Interethnic marriage--Middle West--Case studies.

Interethnic marriage.

Families--Middle West--Case studies.

Families.

Ethnicity--Middle West.

Ethnicity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (308 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In praise of diversity, Jessie Grearson and Lauren Smith offer Love in a Global Village: A Celebration of Intercultural Families in the Midwest, an account of the triumphs of fifteen intercultural families and the perseverance of their relationships in midwestern America. The couples recount their courtships, their adventures and difficulties, and their individual choices to create families and build lives together despite differences of race, language, religion, and culture.Welcomed into homes in towns like Kalona, Iowa, and Springfield, Missouri, Grearson and Smith i

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Family Tapestries: An Introduction; I Spin Around You: Karen & Aria; Family Photograph: Saad & Julie; Part of the Family: Kim & Umeeta; Signs: Doug & Katy; Amazing Grace: Diane & Blong; Hao Yin (Good Luck): Jim & Jean; The Quilt: Kathleen & Jat; Like Minds: Clara & George; Seven Seas: Peter & Hueping; The World in the Family Room: Don & Marilva; Kai Loma (Half and Half ): George & Violette; Alterations: Janet & Andy; Black Is Black: Murtis & Nana; Convergence: Vilma & Tom; Unveiled: Shirlee

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-58729-330-7

OCLC:

50322380