Families in Global Perspective

by Roopnarine, Jaipaul; Gielen, Uwe P.

• ISBN13: 9780205335749
• ISBN10: 0205335748
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2019-07-19
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

This edited reader, with contributions from experts on families in various countries, documents and explains family life and practices throughout the world, including preindustrial, developing, fully industrialized, and postmodern information societies. Each article is organized around a set of similar themes and concerns: socio-historical and demographic information about the families being studied, religious and cultural beliefs tied to family practices, husband-wife/parent roles and responsibilities, parent-child socialization, and policy initiatives within that society. The opening chapters provide a theoretical overview and a basis for examining family changes and organization patterns from evolutionary and postmodern perspectives.

Table of Contents

PREFACE	ix
PART ONE INTRODUCTION	1	(48)
CHAPTER 1 FAMILIES IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: AN INTRODUCTION	3	(11)
Jaipaul L. Roopnarine and Uwe P. Gielen
CHAPTER 2 FAMILIES: AN EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE	14	(19)
Bobbi S. Low
CHAPTER 3 (POST) MODERN FAMILIES	33	(16)
Louise B. Silverstein and Carl F. Auerbach
PART TWO ASIA AND OCEANIA	49	(100)
CHAPTER 4 THE FAMILY IN MAINLAND CHINA: STRUCTURE, ORGANIZATION, AND SIGNIFICANCE FOR CHILD DEVELOPMENT	51	(12)
Xinjin Chen and Yunfeng He
CHAPTER 5 THE CHANGING JAPANESE FAMILY: A PSYCHOLOGICAL PORTRAIT	63	(22)
Takashi Naito and Uwe P. Gielen
CHAPTER 6 CHANGING PATTERNS OF FAMILY LIFE IN INDIA	85	(19)
Pittu Laungani
CHAPTER 7 FAMILIES IN INDONESIA	104	(16)
Sarlito Wirawan Sarwono
CHAPTER 8 FAMILY DEVELOPMENT IN TWO ISLAND CULTURES IN THE CHANGING PACIFIC	120	(29)
Mary Martini
PART THREE THE MIDDLE EAST	149	(56)
CHAPTER 9 EGYPTIAN FAMILIES	151	(18)
Ramadan A. Ahmed
CHAPTER 10 CONTEMPORARY TURKISH FAMILIES	169	(15)
Diane Sunar and Güler Okman Fisek
CHAPTER 11 FAMILISM, POSTMODERNITY, AND THE STATE: THE CASE OF ISRAEL	184	(21)
Sylvie Fogiel-Bijaoui
PART FOUR EUROPE	205	(86)
CHAPTER 12 FAMILIES IN GREECE	207	(18)
James Georgas, Tsabika Bafiti, Kostas Mylonas, and Litsa Papademou
CHAPTER 13 THE ITALIAN FAMILY: PAST AND PRESENT	225	(17)
Anna Laura Comunian
CHAPTER 14 THE GERMAN FAMILY: FAMILIES IN GERMANY	242	(17)
Heidi Keller, Ulrike Zach, and Monika Abels
CHAPTER 15 NORWEGIAN FAMILIES FROM A PSYCHOCULTURAL PERSPECTIVE: A CHALLENGE TO THERAPEUTIC THEORY AND PRACTICE	259	(18)
Wencke J. Seltzer
CHAPTER 16 THE RUSSIAN FAMILY	277	(14)
Eric Shiraev and Julia Gradskova
PART FIVE THE AMERICAS	291	(54)
CHAPTER 17 MARRIAGES AND FAMILIES IN THE UNITED STATES	293	(18)
Brent C. Miller, Spencer C. Leavitt, Junius K. Merrill, and Kyung-Eun Park
CHAPTER 18 CARIBBEAN FAMILIES IN ENGLISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES: A RATHER COMPLEX MOSAIC	311	(19)
Jaipaul L. Roopnarine, Pauline Bynoe, Ronald Singh, and Rommel Simon
CHAPTER 19 FAMILIES IN BRAZIL	330	(15)
L.-A. Rebhun
PART SIX AFRICA	345	(36)
CHAPTER 20 FAMILIES IN CENTRAL AFRICA: A COMPARISON OF BOFI FARMER AND FORAGER FAMILIES	347	(16)
Hillary N. Fouts
CHAPTER 21 FAMILY LIFE IN SOUTH AFRICA	363	(18)
Engela Pretorious
INDEX	381