Elder Voices - Southeast Asian Families in the United States

Informationen zum Autor Daniel F. Detzner teaches in the Department of Family Social Science at the University of Minnesota, St. Paul. Klappentext Forty life histories of Southeast Asian elders are gathered in this volume. Collectively they reveal insider personal perspectives on new immigrant family adaptation to American life at the end of the 20th century. Zusammenfassung Forty life histories of Southeast Asian elders are gathered in this volume. Collectively they reveal insider personal perspectives on new immigrant family adaptation to American life at the end of the 20th century. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Preface 2 If the River Bends 3 The Stressful Lives of Southeast Asian Elders 4 Family Stories of Elders 5 Changing Family Structures 6 Divergence in Family Structures 7 Conflicted Family Interactions 8 Multiple Family Identities 9 Critical Perspectives: Elders, Families and Immigration 10 Appendix: Natural Histories of Southeast Asian Families 11 References

Product details

• Authors: Daniel F. Detzner
• Publisher: Altamira Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.02.2004
• EAN: 9780759105768
• ISBN: 978-0-7591-0576-8
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Critical Perspectives on Asian Pacific Americans
• Subject: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family