1st Edition
Families Intergenerational and Generational Connections
402 Pages
by
Routledge
402 Pages
by
Routledge
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This special volume is devoted to the synthesis and review of theoretical and conceptual approaches associated with familial and non-familial connections across the life span. An important book as society “returns to the family,” it compares and contrasts different disciplinary perspectives associated with intergenerational relationships. Because intergenerational relationships have... Read more
Contents
Theoretical and Conceptual Perspectives
- Reflections on Intergenerational and Kin Connections
- Intergenerational Solidarity in Families: Untangling the Ties that Bind
- Families: Intergenerational and Generational Connections--Conceptual Approaches to Kinship and Culture
- Small Worlds and Intergenerational Relationships
- Convoys of Social Support: Generational Issues
- Intergenerational Caregivers of the Oldest Old
- An Intergenerational Perspective of Marriage: Love and Trust in Cultural Context
- An Intergenerational Perspective on Family Ethical Dilemmas
- Sharing or Competition: Multiple Views of the Intergenerational Flow of Society’s Resources
- Ancestor Worship as an Intergenerational Linkage in Perpetuity
- Generational and Intergenerational Connections Within the Family and the Community
- Studying Adult Children and Their Parents
- Between Mothers and Daughters
- Fathers and Their Adult Sons and Daughters
- The Grandparent-Grandchild Connection
- Sibling Relationships in Adulthood
- The Intergenerational Family Roles of Aged Black Americans
- Puerto Rican Families in New York City: Intergenerational Processes
- Continuity and Change: Intergenerational Relations in Southeast Asian Refugee Families
- The Impact of Grandparents on Children’s Outcomes in China
- Developing Informal Networks of Caring Through Intergenerational Connections in School Settings
Biography
Susan K Pfeifer, Marvin B Sussman
