Family diversity : continuity and change in the contemporary family /
This nonjudgmental, inclusive, and far-reaching text focuses on the diverse patterns of family structure prevalent in our society today. Family Diversity presents empirical research on the internal dynamics, social environments, support factors, prevalence of discrimination, and common stereotypes t...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Thousand Oaks, Calif. :
SAGE Publications,
2002
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| Series: | Sage sourcebooks for the human services series ;
v. 44. |
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | This nonjudgmental, inclusive, and far-reaching text focuses on the diverse patterns of family structure prevalent in our society today. Family Diversity presents empirical research on the internal dynamics, social environments, support factors, prevalence of discrimination, and common stereotypes that account for the issues surrounding current family relations. By examining the history and nature of foster and adoptive, single-parent, lesbian/gay, step- and grandparent family units, Pauline Irit Erera is able to challenge both the idealized family prototype and the hegemony of the traditiona. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (281 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781452222011 1452222010 9781452225517 1452225516 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed October 8, 2012). |
