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The purpose of this book is to serve as a guide to understanding the Latino family in the United States and to describe the personal, political, historical, and sacred choices available in creating a freer and more fruitful family life. By linking theory to practice, the book provides a reenvisioning of the Latino family. Before any family can look at itself in a new way, it has to have a theoretical perspective. The book's theory of transformation provides a perspective that allows us to understand Latino families and the family in general. Furthermore, the politics of transformation shows us how to create fundamentally new and better relationships within the family.
List of contents
Introduction
A Theory of Transformation
The Politics of La Familia Latina
Tracing the Inherited Stories of the Latino Family
The Latino Family at Risk
Latina Female/Latino Male Relationships: Creating New Archetypal Dramas in the Latino Family
Bibliography
Index
About the author
DAVID T. ABALOS is Professor of Religious Studies and Sociology at Seton Hall University. He has lectured and written extensively on multicultural and gender scholarship and on Latinas/os in the United States from the perspective of the politics of transformation. He is the author of numerous articles and monographs, including
Chicanos in the United States and
Latinos in the United States.
