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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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