Families in a Diverse Society
Compiled by Sandy Folsom. For more information and/or reference assistance, please contact Sandy Folsom (Email: sandy.l.folsom@cmich.edu, Phone: 989-774-2166) or ask at the Reference Desk on the second floor of the Park Library (Phone: 774-3470).
Books
Abalos, David T. The Latino Family and the Politics of Transformation. Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1993.
E 184 .S75 A62 1993
Adler, Susan Matoba. Mothering, Education, and Ethnicity: The Transformation of Japanese American Culture. New York: Garland Pub., 1998.
E 184 .J3 A35 1998
African American Family Life: Its Structural and Ecological Aspects. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1995.
E 185.86 .A27 1995t
All Our Families: New Policies for a New Century: A Report of the Berkeley Family Forum. New York: Oxford University Press., 2003.
HQ 536 .A537 2003
American Families : Issues in Race and Ethnicity. New York: Garland Pub., 1995.
E 184 .A1 A63444 1995
Bacon, Jean Leslie. Life Lines: Community, Family, and Assimilation Among Asian Indian Immigrants. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.
F 548.9 E2 B33 1996
Berry, Judy O. Lifespan Perspectives on the Family and Disability. Boston: Allyn and Bacon., 1998.
HQ 773.6 B477 1998
Billingsley, Andrew. Climbing Jacob's Ladder: The Enduring Legacy of African American Families. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992.
E 185.86 .B522 1992
Black Families, 3rd ed. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, 1997.
E 185.86 .B525 1997
Boyer, Ruth McDonald. Apache Mothers and Daughters: Four Generations of a Family. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992.
E 99 .A6 B85 1992
Carrington, Christopher. No Place Like Home: Relationships and Family Life Among Lesbians and Gay Men. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999.
HQ 76.3 U53 S253 1999
Children of the Dragonfly: Native American Voices on Child Custody and Education. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2001.
E 98 .C89 C55 2001
Cohen, Steven Martin. The Jew Within: Self, Family, and Community in America. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2000.
BM 205 .C62 2000
Cross-Cultural Marriage: Identity and Choice. Oxford, New York: Berg. 1998.
HQ 1031 .C79 1998
Culturally Diverse Parent-Child and Family Relationships: A Guide for Social Workers and Other Practioners. New York: Columbia University Press, 2001.
BF 637.C6 C776 2001
Dalmage, Heather M. Tripping on the Color Line: Black-White Multiracial Families in a Racially Divided World. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 2000.
HQ 1031 .D34 2000
Di Leonardo, Micaela. The Varieties of Ethnic Experience: Kinship, Class, and Gender Among California Italian-Americans. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1984.
F 868 .S156 D48 1984
Diggs, Nancy Brown. Looking Beyond the Mask: When American Women Marry Japanese Men. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2001.
HQ 1031 .D54 2001
Drucker, Jane. Families of Value: Gay and Lesbian Parents and Their Children Speak Out. New York: Insight Books, 1998.
HQ 76.3 .U5 D78 1998
Ethnic Families in America: Patterns and Variations, 4th ed. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1998.
E 184 .A1 E78 1998
Family and Gender Among American Muslims: Issues Facing Middle Eastern Immigrants and Their Descendants. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1996.
E 184 .M88 F36 1996
The Family in Rural Society. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 1981.
HQ 536 .F369
Family Life in Black America. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage Publications, 1997.
E 185.86 .F36 1997
Fuchs, Lawrence H. Beyond Patriarchy: Jewish Fathers and Families. Hanover, NH: University Press of New England (for) Brandeis University Press, 2000.
BM 627 .F83 2000
Galluccio, Jon. An American Family. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2001.
HV 875.72 .U6 G35 2001
Gottlieb, Andrew R. Sons Talk About Their Gay Fathers: Life Curves. New York: Harrington Park Press, 2003.
HQ 76.13 .G67 2003
Green, Jesse. The Velveteen Father: An Unexpected Journey to Parenthood. New York: Ballantine Book, 2000.
HQ 76.13 .G74 2000
Griswold del Castillo, Richard. La Familia: Chicano Families in the Urban Southwest, 1848 to the Present. Notre Dame, Ind.: University of Notre Dame Press, 1984.
F 790 .M5 G75 1984
Harris, Lis. Holy Days: The World of a Hasidic Family. New York: Summit Books, 1985.
F 128.9 .J5 H215 1985
Hill, Robert Bernard. Research on the African American Family: A Holistic Perspective. Westport, Conn.: Auburn House, 1993.
E 185.86 .H6594 1993
Home Fronts: Controversies in Nontraditional Parenting. Los Angeles: Alyson Books, 2000.
HQ 75.28 .U6 H65 2000.
Immigration and the Family: Research and Policy on U.S. Immigrants. Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1997.
HQ 536 .I49 1997
Jewell, K. Sue. Survival of the African American Family: The Institutional Impact of U.S. Social Policy. Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 2003.
E 185.86 .J485 2003
The Jewish Family and Jewish Continuity. Hoboken, N.J.: KTAV Pub. House, 1994.
HQ 525 .J4 J38 1994
Johnson, Suzanne M. For Lesbian Parents: Your Guide to Helping Your Family Grow Up Happy, Healthy, and Proud. New York: Guilford Press, 2001.
HQ 75.53 .J64 2001
Johnson, Suzanne M. The Gay Baby Boom: The Psychology of Gay Parenthood. New York: New York University Press, 2002.
HQ 75.27 .J64 2002
Kaeser, Gigi. Love Makes a Family: Portraits of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Parents and Their Families. Amherst, Mass.: University of Massachusetts Press, 1999.
HQ 76.13 .K34 1999
Kaeser, Gigi. Of Many Colors: Portraits of Multiracial Families. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1997.
HQ 1031 .K33 1997
Kennedy, Randall. Interracial Intimacies: Sex, Marriage, Identity, and Adoption. New York: Pantheon, 2003.
KF 511 .K46 2003
Landry, Bart. Black Working Wives: Pioneers of the American Family Revolution. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000.
HQ 536 .L335 2000
Lehr, Valerie. Queer Family Values: Debunking the Myth of the Nuclear Family. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1999.
HQ 76.3 .U5 L44 1999
Lesbians and Lesbian Families: Reflections on Theory and Practice. New York: Columbia University Press, 1999.
HQ 75.6 .U5 L47 1999
Lu, Min-Zhan. Shanghai Quartet: The Crossing of Four Women of China. Pittsburgh, Pa: Duquesne University Press, 2001.
HQ 1770 .S47 L8 2001
Maintaining Our Differences: Minority Families in Multicultural Societies. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2001.
GN 495.6 .M335 2001
Marshak, Laura E. Disability and the Family Life Cycle. New York, NY: Basic Books, 1999.
HV 1568 .M277 1999
Martin, Joanne Mitchell. The Helping Tradition in the Black American Family and Community. Silver Spring, MD: National Association of Social Workers, 1985.
E 185.86 .M375 1985
McGarry, K. J. Fatherhood for Gay Men: An Emotional and Practical Guide to Becoming a Gay Dad. New York: Harrington Park Press, 2003.
HQ 76.13 M343 2003
Min, Pyong Gap. Changes and Conflicts: Korean Immigrant Families in New York. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1998.
F 128.9 .K6 M57 1998
Minority Families in the United States: A Multicultural Perspective. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1998.,br> E 184 .A1 M5437 1998
Multicultural Perspectives in Working with Families. New York: Springer Pub. Co., 1997.
HV 699 .M85 1997
Nelson, Margaret K. Working Hard and Making Do: Surviving in Small Town America. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1999.
HD 4904.25 .N45 1999
Patterson, Carole. Commitment: Fatherhood in Black America. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1998.
HQ 756 .P393 1998
Queer Families, Common Agendas: Gay People, Lesbians, and Family Values. New York: Harrington Park Press, 1999.
HQ 76.2 .U5 Q44 1999
Queer Families, Queer Politics: Challenging Culture and the State. New York: Columbia University Press, 2001.
HQ 75.15 .Q44 2001
Reddy, Maureen T. Crossing the Color Line: Race, Parenting, and Culture. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1994.
HQ 777.9 .R43 1994
Rojewski, Jay W. Intercountry Adoption from China: Examining Cultural Heritage and other Postadoption Issues. Westport, C.T.: Bergin & Garvey, 2001.
HV 875.5 .R64 2001
Root, Maria P. P. Love’s Revolution: Interracial Marriage. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2001.
HQ 1031 .R64 2001
Roschelle, Anne R. No More Kin: Exploring Race, Class, and Gender in Family Networks. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1997.
HQ 536 .R65 1997
Rosenblatt, Paul C. Multiracial Couples: Black and White Voices. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1995.
HQ 1031 .R69 1995
Rubin, Lillian B. Families on the Fault Line: America's Working Class Speaks About the Family, the Economy, Race, and Ethnicity. New York: HarperCollins, 1994.
HQ 536 .R78 1994
Rush, Sharon. Loving Across the Color Line: A White Adoptive Mother Learns About Race. Lanham, MD.: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2000.
HV 875.64 .R87 2000
Social and Emotional Adjustment and Family Relations in Ethnic Minority Families. Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1997.
HQ 796 .S5627 1997
Stiers, Gretchen A. From This Day Forward: Commitment, Marriage, and Family in Lesbian and Gay Relationships. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1999.
HQ 76.3 U5 S76 1999
Strah, David. Gay Dads: A Celebration of Gay Fatherhood. New York: Tarcher/Putnam, 2003.
HQ 76.13 .S77 2003
Thompson, Becky W. Mothering Without a Compass: White Mother’s Love, Black Son’s Courage. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2000.
HQ 75.53 .T48 2000
Tolnay, Stewart Emory. The Bottom Rung: African American Family Life on Southern Farms. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1999.
E 185.92 .T65 1999
Tung, May Pao-may. Chinese Americans and their Immigrant Parents: Conflict, Identity, and Values. New York: Hawthorn Clinical Practice Press, 2000.
E 184.C5 T85 2000
Weeks, Jeffrey. Same Sex Intimacies: Families of Choice and Other Life Experiments. London; New York: Routledge, 2001.
HQ 76.34 .W44 2001
Wojcicka, Sharff. King Kong on 4th Street: Families and the Poverty on the Lower East Side. Boulder, C.O.: Westview Press, 1998.
HQ 557.N5 W65 1998
Wright, Janet M. Lesbian Step Families: An Ethnography of Love. Binghamton, N.Y.: Harrington Press, 1998.
HQ 75.53 .W75 1998
Videos
Fighting Grandpa. New York, NY: Filmakers Library 1998.
MEDIA SERVICES V 5401
For Love of Julian. New York, NY: WinStar Cinema, 1999.
MEDIA SERVICES V 5223, V 6375
Websites
CACF - Coalition for Asian-American Children & Families
Homepage for an advocacy group for Asian-American children and families. Includes newsletter, and links to online articles, statistical information and other related sites.
Family Village: a global community of disability related resources.
Provides information, resources, and communication opportunities on the Internet for persons with disabilities and their families.
Love Makes a Family
Information resources and advocacy for gay and lesbian families.
National Black Child Development Institute
Webpage for a nationwide organization with a mission to improve and protect the quality of life of African American children and families. Includes information about the organization’s activities and publications.
Resources By and About Interracial & Multi-Cultural People
An extensive bibliography compiled by Karen Downing of the University of Michigan Undergraduate Library. Includes sections on interracial adoption, marriage, families and children.