Families in Global and Multicultural PerspectiveBron B Ingoldsby, Suzanna D Smith The Second Edition of Families in Global and Multicultural Perspective travels across geographic, cultural, and historical boundaries to explore the diversity of the world's families—in family structure, processes, history, and social and environmental contexts. Editors Bron B. Ingoldsby and Suzanna D. Smith examine a full range of topics including family origin and universality, family functions, marital structure, kinship rules, comparative research methods, family development, marriage adjustment, parenting, divorce, and aging. This comprehensive text increases students' recognition of and respect for cultural diversity as it influences family life. |
Contents
Comparative Research Methodology | 25 |
The History of the EuroWestern Family | 41 |
Comparative Family Research Study | 61 |
Patterns of Kinship and Residence | 79 |
Marital Structure | 99 |
Religious Utopias and Family Structure | 113 |
The Ethnic Genogram | 129 |
Parenting Practices Worldwide | 147 |
Families in SubSaharan Africa | 247 |
Families in Latin America | 274 |
Families in Japan | 291 |
The Story of José and Lana | 311 |
Women in the TwoThirds World | 328 |
Household Division of Labor in Industrial Societies | 351 |
Poverty and Family Policy in a Global Context | 379 |
The Arias Family | 405 |
International Divorce | 168 |
Diversity in International Aging Families | 190 |
Mate Selection | 205 |
Families in the Islamic Middle East | 231 |
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About the Editors | 451 |
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