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Families in global perspective / edited by Jaipaul L. Roopnarine and Uwe P. Gielen.

Contributor(s): Roopnarine, Jaipaul L | Gielen, Uwe P. (Uwe Peter), 1940-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Boston : Pearson/Allyn and Bacon, 2005Description: x, 388 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0205335748 .Subject(s): FamiliesDDC classification: 306.85
Contents:
Families in global perspective: an introduction / Jaipaul L. Roopnarine and Uwe P. Gielen -- Families: an evolutionary anthropological perspective / Bobbi S. Low -- (Post)modern families / Louise B. Silverstein and Carl F. Auerbach -- The family in mainland China: structure, organization, and significance for child development / Xinjin Chen and Yunfeng He -- The changing Japanese family: a psychological portrait / Takashi Naito and Uwe P. Gielen -- Changing patterns of family life in India / Pittu Laungani -- Families in Indonesia / Sarlito Wirawan Sarwono -- Family development in two island cultures in the changing Pacific / Mary Martini -- Egyptian Families / Ramadan A. Ahmed -- Contemporary Turkish families / Diane Sunar and Guler Okman Fisek -- Familism, postmodernity, and the state: the case of Israel / Sylvie Fogiel-Bijaoui -- Families in Greece / James Georgas, Tasbika Bafiti, Kostas Mylonas and Litsa Papademou -- The Italian family: past and present / Anna Laura Comunian -- The German family: families in Germany / Heidi Keller, Ulrike Zach and Monika Abels -- Norwegian Families from a psychocultural perspective: a challenge to therapeutic theory and practice / Wencke J. Seltzer -- The Russian family / Eric Shiraev and Julia Gradskova -- Marriages and families in the United States / Brent C. Miller, Spencer C. Leavitt, Junius K. Merrill and Kyung-Eun Park -- Caribbean families in English-speaking countries: a rather complex mosaic / Jaipaul L. Roopnarine, Pauline Bynoe, Ronald Singh and Rommel Simon -- Families in Brazil / L.-A. Rebhun -- Families in central Africa: a comparison of Bofi farmers and forager families / Hillary N. Fouts -- Family life in South Africa / Engela Pretorious.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Families in global perspective: an introduction / Jaipaul L. Roopnarine and Uwe P. Gielen -- Families: an evolutionary anthropological perspective / Bobbi S. Low -- (Post)modern families / Louise B. Silverstein and Carl F. Auerbach -- The family in mainland China: structure, organization, and significance for child development / Xinjin Chen and Yunfeng He -- The changing Japanese family: a psychological portrait / Takashi Naito and Uwe P. Gielen -- Changing patterns of family life in India / Pittu Laungani -- Families in Indonesia / Sarlito Wirawan Sarwono -- Family development in two island cultures in the changing Pacific / Mary Martini -- Egyptian Families / Ramadan A. Ahmed -- Contemporary Turkish families / Diane Sunar and Guler Okman Fisek -- Familism, postmodernity, and the state: the case of Israel / Sylvie Fogiel-Bijaoui -- Families in Greece / James Georgas, Tasbika Bafiti, Kostas Mylonas and Litsa Papademou -- The Italian family: past and present / Anna Laura Comunian -- The German family: families in Germany / Heidi Keller, Ulrike Zach and Monika Abels -- Norwegian Families from a psychocultural perspective: a challenge to therapeutic theory and practice / Wencke J. Seltzer -- The Russian family / Eric Shiraev and Julia Gradskova -- Marriages and families in the United States / Brent C. Miller, Spencer C. Leavitt, Junius K. Merrill and Kyung-Eun Park -- Caribbean families in English-speaking countries: a rather complex mosaic / Jaipaul L. Roopnarine, Pauline Bynoe, Ronald Singh and Rommel Simon -- Families in Brazil / L.-A. Rebhun -- Families in central Africa: a comparison of Bofi farmers and forager families / Hillary N. Fouts -- Family life in South Africa / Engela Pretorious.

CIT Module SOCI 6004 - Supplementary reading.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Preface: Editors
  • 1 Families in Global Perspective: An Introduction
  • 2 Families: An Evolutionary Anthropological Perspective
  • 3 (Post) Modern Families
  • Asia and Oceania
  • 4 The Family in Mainland China: Structure, Organization, and Significance for Child Development
  • 5 The Changing Japanese Family: A Psychological Portrait
  • 6 Changing Patterns of Family Life in India
  • 7 Families in Indonesia
  • 8 Family Development in Two Island Cultures in the Changing Pacific
  • Middle East
  • 9 Egyptian Families
  • 10 Contemporary Turkish Families
  • 11 Familism, Post-Modernity, and the State: The Case of Israel
  • Europe
  • 12 Families in Greece
  • 13 The Italian Family: Past and Present
  • 14 The German Family-Families in Germany
  • 15 Norwegian Families from a Sociocultural Perspective: A Challenge to Therapeutic Theory and Practice
  • 16 The Russian Family
  • The Americas
  • 17 Marriages and Families in the United States of America
  • 18 Caribbean Families in English-Speaking Countries: A Rather Complex Mosaic
  • 19 Families in Brazil
  • Africa
  • 20 Families in Central Africa: A Comparison of Bofi Farmers and Forager Families
  • 21 Family Life in South Africa

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