Across Generations
eBook - ePub

Across Generations

Immigrant Families in America

  1. 248 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Across Generations

Immigrant Families in America

About this book

Immigrants and their American-born children represent about one quarter of the United States population. Drawing on rich, in-depth ethnographic research, the fascinating case studies in Across Generations examine the intricacies of relations between the generations in a broad range of immigrant groups—from Latin America, Asia, the Caribbean, and Africa—and give a sense of what everyday life is like in immigrant families.
Moving beyond the cliché of the children of immigrants engaging in pitched battles against tradition-bound parents from the old country, these vivid essays offer a nuanced view that brings out the ties that bind the generations as well as the tensions that divide them. Tackling key issues like parental discipline, marriage choices, educational and occupational expectations, legal status, and transnational family ties, Across Generations brings crucial insights to our understanding of the United States as a nation of immigrants.
Contributors: Leisy Abrego, JoAnn D'Alisera, Joanna Dreby, Yen Le Espiritu, Greta Gilbertson, Nazli Kibria, Cecilia MenjĂ­var, Jennifer E. Sykes, Mary C. Waters, and Min Zhou.

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Information

Publisher
NYU Press
Year
2009
Print ISBN
9780814727713
eBook ISBN
9780814727850
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Emigration & Immigration
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Introduction: Intergenerational Relations in Immigrant Families
  7. 1 Conflict, Coping, and Reconciliation: Intergenerational Relations in Chinese Immigrant Families
  8. 2 Emotions, Sex, and Money: The Lives of Filipino Children of Immigrants
  9. 3 Spare the Rod, Ruin the Child? First- and Second-Generation West Indian Child-Rearing Practices
  10. 4 “Marry into a Good Family”: Transnational Reproduction and Intergenerational Relations in Bangladeshi American Families
  11. 5 Images of a Wounded Homeland: Sierra Leonean Children and the New Heart of Darkness
  12. 6 Caregiving across Generations: Aging, State Assistance, and Multigenerational Ties among Immigrants from the Dominican Republic
  13. 7 Parents and Children across Borders: Legal Instability and Intergenerational Relations in Guatemalan and Salvadoran Families
  14. 8 Negotiating Work and Parenting over the Life Course: Mexican Family Dynamics in a Binational Context
  15. About the Contributors
  16. Index