Race & family : a structural approach
"In Race and Family: A Structural Approach, author Roberta L. Coles looks at ethnic minority families in a novel way - through a structural lens. Unlike many texts on race and family, this book offers an approach that illustrates overarching structural factors affecting all families as opposed to examining each ethnicity in isolation. By focusing on various structural factors such as demographic, economic, and historical aspects, this book analyzes various family trends in a cross-cutting manner to illuminate the similarities and distinctions among all racial and ethnic groups." "Race and Family is a brief core textbook designed for advanced undergraduate and graduate students studying ethnic minority families and family diversity in the departments of Human Development & Family Studies, Family & Consumer Sciences, and Sociology."--Jacket
Print Book, English, ©2006
Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, Calif., ©2006
xiii, 319 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
9780761988649, 0761988645
58042992
1. Introduction
Overview of text
Discussion of key concepts
Race
Ethnicity
Racial-ethnic labels
Minority and majority
Family or kin
2. Approaching the study of race and family
Economic factors
Occupational structure
Income and wealth distribution
Poverty
Education
Demographic factors
Sex ratio
Age structure
Geographic distribution
Historical-legal factors
Manner of entry
Immigrant status
3. A brief history of the American family
American families through the centuries
The agricultural era (colonial period 1500 to 1800)
The industrial era (about 1800 to 1970)
The service era (Since the 1970s)
4. Cross-cultural comparisons
Social or legal marriage
Marriage types and choices
Marriage as a family affair
Arranged marriages
Exchange of resources
Family power systems
Descent
Family roles and titles
Residence
Family functions
Reproduction
Regulation of sexuality
Socialization of children
5. Family structures
Extended family households
Multigenerational extended households
Simple extended households
Stem family households
Attenuated extended households
Laterally extended households
Extended families as systems of exchange
Nuclear family households
Single-parent families
Female-headed households
Nonmarital births
Teen births
Explaining the racial gap in nonmarital births
Outcomes for female-headed households
Male-headed households
Noncustodial parents
Nonfamily households. 6. Gender relations and sex ratios
Gender stereotypes and roles
Adult roles
Sex ratios
African American gender issues
Latina/o gender issues
Asian American gender issues
Native American gender issues
Domestic violence
7. Intergenerational relationships : parent and child
Individual and communal orientations
Effects of socioeconomic status on children's well-being
Parenting styles and class
Parenting styles and environment
Corporal punishment and abuse
Parenting styles and the school system
Racial socialization
Cultural rituals that contribute to racial socialization
8. Intergenerational relationships in late life : the elderly, their adult children and grandchildren
Intergenerational interaction
Living arrangements of the elderly
Caregiving for the elderly
Nursing home use
Informal home caregiving
Caregiver stress
Elder abuse
Social interaction and resource exchange
Grandparenting
Illness and death
Illness
Death
African Americans
Native Americans
Latino Americans
Asian Americans
9. African American families
How did slavery shape Black American families?
African American families after slavery
African American families today. 10. Native American families
Looking back in history
Removal and reservations
Assimilating Native Americans
Increased tribal sovereignty
The state of American Indians and their families today
On or off the reservation
Tribal structure
Cultural values
Current family trends
11. Latino American families
Manner and timing of entry
Mexico
Puerto Rico and Cuba
Puerto Rico
Cuba
Similarities among Hispanic families
Divergent trends among Latino ethnic groups
12. Asian American families
East Asians in America
Chinese Americans
The Japanese American experience
Asian Indian, Filipino, and Korean Americans
Southeast Asians in America
Asian American families today
13. Acculturation and multiracial family issues
Acculturation
Factors hindering and helping acculturation
Effects of acculturation on family life
Multiracial issues
Interracial dating and marriage
Dating and cohabitation
Interracial marriage
Race and gender influences on interracial marriage rates
Generation, education, and residence as influences on interracial marriage
Why marry interracially?
Social acceptance and outcomes of interracial marriage
Bi- or multi-racial identity
Trans- or interracial adoption