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American Families: A Multicultural Reader
Essays explore the interaction of race, class, and gender in current scholarship on families, documenting the power structure of family systems throughout American history
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480 pages, Paperback
First published November 2, 1998
About the author
Stephanie Coontz
19 books251 followersStephanie Coontz is director of research and public education for the Council on Contemporary Families, which she chaired from 2001 to 2004, and emeritus faculty of history and family studies at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington. She has written about gender, family, and history, and her writings have been translated into a dozen languages.
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August 6, 2012
Judul : American Families (A Multicultural Reader) 2nd Edition
Penulis/Editor : Stephanie Coontz, Maya Parson, Gabrielle Raley
Ringkasan :
Selama lima puluh tahun belakangan, terdapat semakin banyak keluarga-keluarga Amerika dengan ras dan etnis yang lebih beragam daripada sebelumnya. Kombinasi anggota keluarga juga amat berkembang: keluarga-keluarga single parent, pasangan tak menikah yang memiliki anak, pasangan yang bercerai yang mengasuh anak mereka berbarengan, keluarga dengan ibu/ayah tiri, dan bahkan keluarga-keluarga dengan pernikahan sesama jenis. Sayangnya, pada masa ini pun, tidak setaranya keadaan sosial-ekonomi di antara keluarga-keluarga itu masih jelas dapat ditemukan dalam masyarakat Amerika.
Edisi kedua buku ini menawarkan info-info terbaru mengenai konsep yang lebih jelas tentang ragam keluarga di Amerika, baik secara ras/etnis hingga kesejarahan dari keanekaragaman keluarga kontemporer Amerika. Beberapa esai terpilih terkait interaksi antara ras-etnis, kelas, gender, dan orientasi seksualitas yang mempengaruhi keragaman keluarga di Amerika juga tak luput dibahas oleh Coontz.
Daftar Isi :
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Pt. I The American Tradition of Family Diversity
1 Fictive Kin, Paper Sons, and Compadrazgo: Women of Color and the Struggle for Family Survival 2
2 Excerpts from Education for Extinction: American Indians and the Boarding School Experience, 1875-1928 20
3 Interpreting the African Heritage in Afro-American Family Organization 59
4 Split Household, Small Producer, and Dual Wage Earner: An Analysis of Chinese-American Family Strategies 74
5 Working-Class Families, 1870-1890 94
6 Excerpts from Becoming Mexican American: Ethnicity, Culture, and Identity in Chicano Los Angeles, 1900-1945 128
7 Southern Diaspora: Origins of the Northern "Underclass" 153
Pt. II Integrating Race, Class, and Gender into Family Theory
8 Family and Class in Contemporary America: Notes toward an Understanding of Ideology 180
9 Shifting the Center: Race, Class, and Feminist Theorizing about Motherhood 197
10 Toward a Unified Theory of Class, Race, and Gender 218
11 Social Science Theorizing for Latino Families in the Age of Diversity 230
Pt. III Working-Class and Inner-City Families under Economic Stress
12 Poor Families in an Era of Urban Transformation: The "Underclass" Family in Myth and Reality 243
13 No Good Choices: Teenage Childbearing, Concentrated Poverty, and Welfare Reform 258
14 Excerpts from Families on the Fault Line: America's Working Class Speaks about the Family, the Economy, Race, and Ethnicity
Pt. IV Globalization and Today's Immigrant Families
15 Women and Children First: New Directions in Anti-immigrant Politics 288
16 Global Exchange: The World Bank, "Welfare Reform," and the Global Trade in Filipina Workers 305
17 Migration and Vietnamese American Women: Remaking Ethnicity 318
Pt. V Work-Family Issues
18 Management by Stress: The Reorganization of Work Hits Home in the 1990s 332
19 Gender Displays and Men's Power: The "New Man" and the Mexican Immigrant Man 342
20 Child-Care Dilemmas in Contemporary Families 359
Pt. VI New Forms of Family Diversity
21 Gay and Lesbian Families Are Here: All Our Families Are Queer: Let's Get Used to It! 372
22 African American Lesbians: Issues in Couples Therapy 406
23 Social Construction of Mary Beth Whitehead 425
24 Comment on Harrison: The Commodification of Motherhood 435
25 Resolving "Other" Status: Identity Development of Biracial Individuals 439
26 Use of African-American Family Structures and Functioning to Address the Challenges of European-American Postdivorce Families 455
Pt. VII Recognizing Diversity, Encouraging Solidarity
27 Poverty, Social Rights, and the Quality of Citizenship 470
28 The Case for a Race-Specific Policy 478
29 The Family Values Fable 487
Selected Bibliography of Recent Sources 491
Permissions Acknowledgments 500
Bahasa : Inggris
Halaman : 475
Penerbit : Routledge, New York
Tahun terbit : 2008
Harga : $42.09
Penulis/Editor : Stephanie Coontz, Maya Parson, Gabrielle Raley
Ringkasan :
Selama lima puluh tahun belakangan, terdapat semakin banyak keluarga-keluarga Amerika dengan ras dan etnis yang lebih beragam daripada sebelumnya. Kombinasi anggota keluarga juga amat berkembang: keluarga-keluarga single parent, pasangan tak menikah yang memiliki anak, pasangan yang bercerai yang mengasuh anak mereka berbarengan, keluarga dengan ibu/ayah tiri, dan bahkan keluarga-keluarga dengan pernikahan sesama jenis. Sayangnya, pada masa ini pun, tidak setaranya keadaan sosial-ekonomi di antara keluarga-keluarga itu masih jelas dapat ditemukan dalam masyarakat Amerika.
Edisi kedua buku ini menawarkan info-info terbaru mengenai konsep yang lebih jelas tentang ragam keluarga di Amerika, baik secara ras/etnis hingga kesejarahan dari keanekaragaman keluarga kontemporer Amerika. Beberapa esai terpilih terkait interaksi antara ras-etnis, kelas, gender, dan orientasi seksualitas yang mempengaruhi keragaman keluarga di Amerika juga tak luput dibahas oleh Coontz.
Daftar Isi :
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Pt. I The American Tradition of Family Diversity
1 Fictive Kin, Paper Sons, and Compadrazgo: Women of Color and the Struggle for Family Survival 2
2 Excerpts from Education for Extinction: American Indians and the Boarding School Experience, 1875-1928 20
3 Interpreting the African Heritage in Afro-American Family Organization 59
4 Split Household, Small Producer, and Dual Wage Earner: An Analysis of Chinese-American Family Strategies 74
5 Working-Class Families, 1870-1890 94
6 Excerpts from Becoming Mexican American: Ethnicity, Culture, and Identity in Chicano Los Angeles, 1900-1945 128
7 Southern Diaspora: Origins of the Northern "Underclass" 153
Pt. II Integrating Race, Class, and Gender into Family Theory
8 Family and Class in Contemporary America: Notes toward an Understanding of Ideology 180
9 Shifting the Center: Race, Class, and Feminist Theorizing about Motherhood 197
10 Toward a Unified Theory of Class, Race, and Gender 218
11 Social Science Theorizing for Latino Families in the Age of Diversity 230
Pt. III Working-Class and Inner-City Families under Economic Stress
12 Poor Families in an Era of Urban Transformation: The "Underclass" Family in Myth and Reality 243
13 No Good Choices: Teenage Childbearing, Concentrated Poverty, and Welfare Reform 258
14 Excerpts from Families on the Fault Line: America's Working Class Speaks about the Family, the Economy, Race, and Ethnicity
Pt. IV Globalization and Today's Immigrant Families
15 Women and Children First: New Directions in Anti-immigrant Politics 288
16 Global Exchange: The World Bank, "Welfare Reform," and the Global Trade in Filipina Workers 305
17 Migration and Vietnamese American Women: Remaking Ethnicity 318
Pt. V Work-Family Issues
18 Management by Stress: The Reorganization of Work Hits Home in the 1990s 332
19 Gender Displays and Men's Power: The "New Man" and the Mexican Immigrant Man 342
20 Child-Care Dilemmas in Contemporary Families 359
Pt. VI New Forms of Family Diversity
21 Gay and Lesbian Families Are Here: All Our Families Are Queer: Let's Get Used to It! 372
22 African American Lesbians: Issues in Couples Therapy 406
23 Social Construction of Mary Beth Whitehead 425
24 Comment on Harrison: The Commodification of Motherhood 435
25 Resolving "Other" Status: Identity Development of Biracial Individuals 439
26 Use of African-American Family Structures and Functioning to Address the Challenges of European-American Postdivorce Families 455
Pt. VII Recognizing Diversity, Encouraging Solidarity
27 Poverty, Social Rights, and the Quality of Citizenship 470
28 The Case for a Race-Specific Policy 478
29 The Family Values Fable 487
Selected Bibliography of Recent Sources 491
Permissions Acknowledgments 500
Bahasa : Inggris
Halaman : 475
Penerbit : Routledge, New York
Tahun terbit : 2008
Harga : $42.09
December 10, 2009
ah yes, this would be my last coontz book for a while. to be honest, it's not really her's. there are two other editors, yet alone all of the articles that were written. as all collections go, some are better than others. my favorite example of a not so good one was "family on fault lines." i think the word family was mentioned like twice. the rest of the time was spent talking to the working class about race. interesting, but not really about how race affect family. now, it could have been that they excerpted that one poorly, but it did not inspire me to find that book/article. anywho- goal was accomplished, horizons were broaden. there are more than just middle class white families out there affecting culture. lol, like i didn't already know that. but it was really nice to read about it.
January 19, 2015
This is a really great book that touches on a range of topics impacting the American Family through the 20th century. It specifically looks at such things as policy decisions, social norms, race, class, and gender dynamics. Each essay is an introduction/ overview of a topic the author in question has significant background and scholarship in. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in the history, present, and future of families in the United States.
April 20, 2017
This book is a typical reader. The majority of the articles were pretty good, well-written, and thought-provoking. It is a great book for opening one's mind regarding the different experiences across cultures.
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