Family Ethnicity

1999-04-20 Family & Relationships

Author : Harriette Pipes McAdoo
Release : 1999-04-20
Genre : Family & Relationships
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Book Rating : 578/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Family Ethnicity by : Harriette Pipes McAdoo

Download or read book Family Ethnicity written by Harriette Pipes McAdoo. This book was released on 1999-04-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Family ethnicity involves the unique family customs, proverbs, and stories that are passed on for generations. This volume provides extensive information about the various cultural elements that different family groups have drawn upon in order to exist in the United States today. The sections cover Native American Indians, Native Hawaiians, Mexican American and Spanish, African American, Muslim American, and Asian American families.

Ethnicity and Family Therapy, Third Edition

2005-08-18 Psychology

Author : Monica McGoldrick
Release : 2005-08-18
Genre : Psychology
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Book Rating : 942/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Ethnicity and Family Therapy, Third Edition written by Monica McGoldrick. This book was released on 2005-08-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This widely used clinical reference and text provides a wealth of knowledge on culturally sensitive practice with families and individuals from over 40 different ethnic groups. Each chapter demonstrates how ethnocultural factors may influence the assumptions of both clients and therapists, the issues people bring to the clinical context, and their resources for coping and problem solving.

Race and Family

2016-01-07 Social Science

Author : Roberta L. Coles
Release : 2016-01-07
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 394/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Race and Family written by Roberta L. Coles. This book was released on 2016-01-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second edition of Race and Family maintains the book’s distinctive feature—introducing students to key concepts through a structural lens—while featuring new material throughout. Race and Family focuses on structural factors impacting all families, such as demographic, economic, and historic trends, which illuminate the similarities and distinctions among and within racial and ethnic groups. After introductions to the study of race, ethnicity, and the family, the book explores various issues such as family structure, divorce, non-marital births, gender roles, racial identity formation, intergenerational roles, grandparenting, care of elders, and more. The book offers specific chapters on racial-ethnic groups including African American, Asian American, Latino American, Middle Eastern American, and Native American, while also discussing white families, multiracial families, the acculturation process, and more. Key updates to the second edition include recent census and survey data, a new chapter on Middle Eastern Americans, new material on multiracial and multicultural families, updated resources, and more. The second edition of Race and Family is a comprehensive introduction to race and family through a distinctive structural lens. The book provides structural factors, cross-cultural perspectives, and historical overviews that students can use to analyze the whys and ways of family across races and ethnicities. A complimentary test bank is available to adopters as a Word document or via the free program Respondus. Email [email protected] for further details.

Ethnic Families in America

2012-02-28 Social Science

Author : Charles H. Mindel
Release : 2012-02-28
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 120/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Ethnic Families in America written by Charles H. Mindel. This book was released on 2012-02-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the eBook of the printed book and may not include any media, website access codes, or print supplements that may come packaged with the bound book. A mosaic of ethnic groups Reflecting the social and political dynamics in the United States, this edited volume offers an inclusive look at multicultural diversity in the U.S. with extensive coverage of the family life styles, traditions and values of seventeen American ethnic groups. Providing unique and personal insights, each chapter is written by a contributing author representing a particular ethnic group and is structured in a similar pattern - covering the historical background, key ethnic cultural components, traditional and current ethnic family characteristics, and changes and adaptations to the ethnic family and culture. The book is suitable for undergraduate courses in Sociology of the Family, Sociology of Minority Groups, Social Work with Minority Groups, and Race and Ethnicity. Learning Goals Upon completing this book, readers should be able to: Have a better understanding at the multicultural diversity of families in the United States Have a deeper understanding of family life styles, traditions, and values of a wide range of ethnic families in America Note: MySearchLab does not come automatically packaged with this text. To purchase MySearchLab, please visit: www.mysearchlab.com or you can purchase a ValuePack of the text + MySearchLab with eText (at no additional cost). ValuePack ISBN-10: 0205863558 / ValuePack ISBN-13: 9780205863556

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