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Across generations : immigrant families in America / Nancy Foner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Foner, Nancy, 1945-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Families--United States.
- Families.
- Immigrant families--United States--Social conditions.
- Immigrant families.
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (244 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York University Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Immigrants and their American-born children represent about one quarter of the United States population. Drawing on rich, in-depth ethnographic research, the fascinating case studies in Across Generations examine the intricacies of relations between the generations in a broad range of immigrant groups—from Latin America, Asia, the Caribbean, and Africa—and give a sense of what everyday life is like in immigrant families.Moving beyond the cliché of the children of immigrants engaging in pitched battles against tradition-bound parents from the old country, these vivid essays offer a nuanced view that brings out the ties that bind the generations as well as the tensions that divide them. Tackling key issues like parental discipline, marriage choices, educational and occupational expectations, legal status, and transnational family ties, Across Generations brings crucial insights to our understanding of the United States as a nation of immigrants.Contributors: Leisy Abrego, JoAnn D’Alisera, Joanna Dreby, Yen Le Espiritu, Greta Gilbertson, Nazli Kibria, Cecilia Menjívar, Jennifer E. Sykes, Mary C. Waters, and Min Zhou.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Conflict, Coping, and Reconciliation
- 2. Emotions, Sex, and Money
- 3. Spare the Rod, Ruin the Child?
- 4. “Marry into a Good Family”
- 5. Images of a Wounded Homeland
- 6. Caregiving across Generations
- 7. Parents and Children across Borders
- 8. Negotiating Work and Parenting over the Life Course
- About the Contributors
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2020)
- ISBN:
- 9781441615619
- 144161561X
- 9780814728468
- 0814728464
- 9780814727850
- 0814727859
- OCLC:
- 819603243
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