Families in Cultural Context : Strengths and Challenges in Diversity

by Degenova, Mary Kay

• ISBN13: 9781559345811
• ISBN10: 1559345810
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-01-03
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages

Summary

This text includes eleven chapters devoted to eleven different types of ethnic American families. Students are encouraged to compare and contrast these families-their structures, lives, and experiences-and thus place them into meaningful cultural perspective.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

2. American Indian Families, by Walter T. Kawamoto and Tamara C. Cheshire

3. American Families of African Descent, by Doris Y. Wilkinson

4. Families of Mexican Origin, by Yolanda M. Sanchez

5. Mormon Families, by James D. Lambert and Gordon C. Thomasson

6. Chinese American Families, by Masako Ishii-Kuntz

7. Japanese American Families, by Masako Ishii-Kuntz

8. Puerto Rican Families, by Hector Carrasquillo

9. Asian Indian Families in America, by Shabha Pais

10. Cuban American Families, by Zulema E. Suarez

11. Arab American Families, by Barbara C. Aswad

12. Hawaiian American Families, by Hamilton McCubbin