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| Preface | |
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| Introduction to the Study of Families | |
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| "The Family in Question: What is the Family? Is It Universal?" | |
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| "Feminist Rethinking from Racial-Ethnic Families" | |
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| "The Emergence of Lesbian-Coparent Families in Postmodern Society" | |
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| "Values, Policy, and the Family" | |
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| Historical Changes and Family Variations | |
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| "Historical Perspectives on Family Diversity" | |
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| "Fictive Kin, Paper Sons, and Compradazgo" | |
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| "The Politics of Theorizing Black Families: Old Debates, New Directions" | |
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| "'The Normal American Family' as an Interpretive Structure of Family Life among Grown children of Korean and Vietnamese Immigrants" | |
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| "Gender, Economy, and Kinship in Complex Households among Six U.S. Ethnic Groups" | |
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| Courtship, Dating, and Power | |
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| Choosing Mates--The American Way | |
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| "Gendered Sexuality in Young Adulthood: Double Binds and Flawed Options" | |
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| "Dating and Romantic Relationships Among Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Youths" | |
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| "Arranged Marriages: What's Love Got to Do With It?" | |
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| Marriage, Cohabitation, and Partnership | |
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| "The Deinstitutionalization of Marriage" | |
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| "State of Our Unions: Marriage Promotion and the Contested Power of Heterosexuality" | |
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| "Marriage: The Good, the Bad, and the Greedy" | |
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| "Clashing Dreams: Highly Educated Overseas Brides and Low-Wage U.S. Husbands" | |
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| "Families Formed Outside of Marriage" | |
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| "Living Apart Together: A New Family Form" | |
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| "From This Day Forward: Commitment, Marriage, and Family in Lesbian and Gay Relationships" | |
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| Motherhood and Fatherhood | |
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| Motherhood | |
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| "Shifting the Center: Race, Class, and Feminist Theorizing about Motherhood" | |
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| "Mothering From a Distance: Emotions, Gender, and Intergenerational Relations in Filipino Transnational Families" | |
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| "Mothering for the State: Foster Parenting and the Challenges of Government-Contracted Carework" | |
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| Fatherhood | |
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| "Fathering: Paradoxes, Contradictions, and Dilemmas" | |
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| "What It Means to Be Daddy: Fatherhood for Black Men Living Away From Their Children" | |
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| "The Father as an Idea" | |
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| Parents and Parenting, Children and Childrearing | |
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| "Not-so-Nuclear Families: Class, Gender, and Networks of Care" | |
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| "Beyond the Birth Family: African American Children Reared by Alternative Caregivers" | |
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| "Out of Sorts: Adoption and (Un)Desirable Children" | |
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| "How) Does The Sexual Orientation of Parents Matter?" | |
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| "Invisible Inequality: Social Class and Childrearing in Black Families and White Families" | |
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| "Consumption as Care and Belonging: Economies of Dignity in Children's Daily Lives" | |
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| Grandparents and Multigenerational Relationships | |
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| "Grandparenting" | |
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| "The Strengths of Apache Grandmothers: Observations on Commitment, Culture, and Caretaking" | |
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| "My Mother's Hip: Lessons from the World of Eldercare" | |
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| Divorce, Remarriage, and Blended Families | |
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| "Framing Divorce Reform: Media, Morality, and the Politics of Family" | |
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| "Divorce Culture and Marital Gender Equality: A Cross-National Study" | |
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| "Accounting for Divorce: Gender and Uncoupling Narratives" | |
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| "The Modern American Stepfamily: Problems and Possibilities" | |
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| "Overlooked Aspects of Stepfathering" | |
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| Families and Violence | |
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| "Through a Feminist Lens: Gender, Diversity, and Violence: Extending the Feminist Framework" | |
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| "Lifting the Veil of Secrecy: Domestic Violence Against South Asian Women in the United States" | |
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| "Toward a Better Understanding of Lesbian Battering" | |
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| "Abuse of Elders" | |
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| Families, Work, and Carework | |
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| "The Work-Home Crunch" | |
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| "Fast Track Women and the 'Choice' to Stay Home" | |
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| "Negotiating Work and Parenting over the Life Course: Mexican Family Dynamics in a Binational Context" | |
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| "Gendered Bargain: Why Wives Cannot Trade Their Money for Housework" | |
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| "No Place Like Home: The Division of Domestic Labor in Lesbigay Families" | |
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| "Creating a Caring Society" | |
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| Families and Poverty | |
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| "As American as Apple Pie: Poverty and Welfare" | |
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| "Flat Broke With Children: The Ground Level Results of Welfare Reform" | |
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| "Unmarried with Children" | |
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| "Is There Hope for America's Low-Income Children?" | |
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