Across generations : immigrant families in America /
Immigrants and their American-born children represent about one quarter of the United States population. Drawing on rich, in-depth ethnographic research, the fascinating case studies in Across Generations examine the intricacies of relations between the generations in a broad range of immigrant grou...
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2009
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Table of Contents:
- Intergenerational relations in immigrants families / Nancy Foner
- Conflict, coping, and reconciliation : intergenerational relations in Chinese immigrant families / Min Zhou
- Emotions, sex, and money : the lives of Filipino children of immigrants / Yen Le Espiritu
- Spare the rod, ruin the child? : first- and second- generation West Indian child-rearing practices / Mary C. Waters and Jennifer E. Sykes
- Marry into a good family : transnational reproduction and intergenerational relations in Bangladeshi American families / Nazli Kibria
- Images of a wounded homeland : Sierra Leonean children and the new heart of darkness / JoAnn D'Alisera
- Caregiving across generations : aging, state assistance, and multigenerational ties among immigrants from the Dominican Republic / Greta Gilbertson
- Parents and children across borders : legal instability and intergenerational relations in Guatemalan and Salvadoran families / Cecilia Menjívar and Leisy Abrego
- Negotiating work and parenting over the life course : Mexican family dynamics in a binational context / Joanna Dreby.
