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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Coleman, Marilyn.

Ganong, Lawrence H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Families--United States.

Families.

Cultural pluralism--United States.

Cultural pluralism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 622 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a comprehensive guide to the study of the family in society. Chapters represent the full diversity of families today - alternative lifestyles, gay and lesbian relationships religion and families, interdependent marriages and more.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Introduction; Part I - Considering the Past, Contemplating the Future; Chapter 1 - Household Diversity: The Starting Point for Healthy Families in the New Century; Chapter 2 - Alternate Lifestyles Today: Off the Family Studies Screen; Chapter 3 - The Social and Cultural Construction of American Childhood; Part II - Contemporary Couples; Chapter 4 - Cohabitation and Family Change; Chapter 5 - Variations in Marriage over Time: An Ecological/Exchange Perspective; Chapter 6 - Gay Men and Lesbians: The Family Context

Chapter 7 - Ambiguous Constructions: Development of a Childless or Child-Free Life CourseChapter 8 - Intimate Relationships in Later Life: Current Realities, Future Prospects; Part III - Gender Issues in Contemporary Families; Chapter 9 - Jobs, Marriage, and Parenting: Working It Out in Dual-Earner Families; Chapter 10 - Gendered Family Relations: The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same; Chapter 11 - Feminist Visions for Transforming Families: Desire and Equality Then and Now; Part IV - Raising Children in Contemporary Families

Chapter 12 - Encountering Oppositions: A Review of Scholarship about MotherhoodChapter 13 - Fathering: Paradoxes, Contradictions, and Dilemmas; Chapter 14 - Pathogenic-Conflict Families and Children: What We Know, What We Need to Know; Part V - Changing Family Structures; Chapter 15 - Divorce in Social and Historical Context: Changing Scientific Perspectives on Children and Marital Dissolution; Chapter 16 - Single-Parent Families: Risks, Resilience, and Change; Chapter 17 - Britain's Changing Families; Chapter 18 - Stepfamilies: Changes and Challenges

Part VI - Race and Ethnicity in Contemporary FamiliesChapter 19 - Continuing Research on Latino Families: El Pasado y el Futuro ; Chapter 20 - Diversity in African American Families: Trends and Projections; Chapter 21 - Asian American Families: Diverse History, Contemporary Trends, and the Future; Chapter 22 - A ""Seven-Generation"" Approach to American Indian Families; Chapter 23 - Muslim Families in the United States; Part VII - Families in Society; Chapter 24 - Families and Religious Beliefs, Practices, and Communities: Linkages in a Diverse and Dynamic Cultural Context

Chapter 25 - Family Law for Changing Families in the New MilleniumChapter 26 - Building Enduring Family Policies in the 21st Century: The Past as Prologue?; Chapter 27 - The Disturbing Paradox of Poverty in American Families: What We Have Learned over the Past Four Decades; Part VIII - Technology and Contemporary Families; Chapter 28 - Brave New Families: Modern Health Technologies and Family Creation; Chapter 29 - Understanding the Effects of the Internet on Family Life; Part IX - Working with Contemporary Families

Chapter 30 - Family Therapy's Response to Family Diversity: Looking Back, Looking Forward

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781782688655

178268865X

9781452261584

145226158X

9781412976022

1412976022

OCLC:

746939898