Maintaining Our Differences - Minority Families in Multicultural Societies

This title was first published in 2001: Employing detailed international research and focusing particularly upon family life, this volume examines the background, current position and key features of minority communities living within multi cultural societies.

List of contents

Contents: The old order Mennonites: application of family life cycle stages, John E. Peters;
South Asian Muslims in Britain: faith, family and community, Fatima Husain and Margaret O'Brien;
That they be keepers of the home: the effect of conservative religion on early and late transitions into housewifery, Darren E. Sherkat;
Class culture and household structure - a view from South Africa, Susan C. Ziehl;
Cultural adaptation and change: aboriginal peoples in Manitoba maintain their differences, Rachel Lawrenchuk and Carol D.H. Harvey; Conclusion, Carol D.H. Harvey;
Index.

About the author

Carol D. H. Harvey, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

Summary

This title was first published in 2001: Employing detailed international research and focusing particularly upon family life, this volume examines the background, current position and key features of minority communities living within multi cultural societies.

Additional text

'...a useful guide into the very heart of the minority group...the book does more than fill a gap in scholarship; it links this subject to contemporary discourse.' Journal of International Migration and Integration 'The book makes for an interesting, colourful and stimulating read. It brings together the various academic approaches to family life in an easy-to-read form that will suit anyone interested in the application of family theory or in minority cultures generally.' Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Product details

• Authors: Carol D.h. Harvey
• Assisted by: Carol D.h. Harvey (Editor), Harvey Carol D.H. (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781138634237
• ISBN: 978-1-138-63423-7
• No. of pages: 116
• Series: Routledge Revivals; Interdisciplinary Research Series in Ethnic, Gender and Class Relations; Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, Migration, immigration & emigration, Sociology: family & relationships, Migration, immigration and emigration, Sociology: family and relationships