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Understanding Latino Families
Author | : Ruth E. Zambrana |
Publsiher | : SAGE |
Total Pages | : 262 |
Release | : 1995-06-05 |
Genre | : Family & Relationships |
ISBN | : 080395610X |
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A fresh approach to the study of Latino families is offered in this volume which focuses on the strengths of Latino//Hispanic groups, the structural processes that impede their progress and the cultural and familial processes that enhance their intergenerational adaptation and resilience. The contributors present social and demographic profiles of Latino groups in the United States, empirical and conceptual reviews of Latino family approaches, and practice and policy implications from studies of Latino social programmes.
Latinos in American Society
Author | : Ruth Enid Zambrana |
Publsiher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 310 |
Release | : 2011-06-15 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780801461040 |
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It is well known that Latinos in the United States bear a disproportionate burden of low educational attainment, high residential segregation, and low visibility in the national political landscape. In Latinos in American Society, Ruth Enid Zambrana brings together the latest research on Latinos in the United States to demonstrate how national origin, age, gender, socioeconomic status, and education affect the well-being of families and individuals. By mapping out how these factors result in economic, social, and political disadvantage, Zambrana challenges the widespread negative perceptions of Latinos in America and the single story of Latinos in the United States as a monolithic group. Synthesizing an increasingly substantial body of social science research—much of it emerging from the interdisciplinary fields of Chicano studies, U.S. Latino studies, critical race studies, and family studies—the author adopts an intersectional "social inequality lens" as a means for understanding the broader sociopolitical dynamics of the Latino family, considering ethnic subgroup diversity, community context, institutional practices, and their intersections with family processes and well-being. Zambrana, a leading expert on Latino populations in America, demonstrates the value of this approach for capturing the contemporary complexity of and transitions within diverse U.S. Latino families and communities. This book offers the most up-to-date portrait we have of Latinos in America today.
The Latinos of Asia
Author | : Anthony Christian Ocampo |
Publsiher | : Stanford University Press |
Total Pages | : 270 |
Release | : 2016-03-02 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780804797573 |
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This “ groundbreaking book . . . is essential reading not only for the Filipino diaspora but for anyone who cares about the mysteries of racial identity” (Jose Antonio Vargas, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist). Is race only about the color of your skin? In The Latinos of Asia, Anthony Christian Ocampo shows that what “color” you are depends largely on your social context. Filipino Americans, for example, helped establish the Asian American movement and are classified by the US Census as Asian. But the legacy of Spanish colonialism in the Philippines means that they share many cultural characteristics with Latinos, such as last names, religion, and language. Thus, Filipinos’ “color” —their sense of connection with other racial groups—changes depending on their social context. The Filipino story demonstrates how immigration is changing the way people negotiate race, particularly in cities like Los Angeles where Latinos and Asians now constitute a collective majority. Amplifying their voices, Ocampo illustrates how second-generation Filipino Americans’ racial identities change depending on the communities they grow up in, the schools they attend, and the people they befriend. Ultimately, The Latinos of Asia offers a window into both the racial consciousness of everyday people and the changing racial landscape of American society.
Hispanics and the Future of America
Author | : National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population,Panel on Hispanics in the United States |
Publsiher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 502 |
Release | : 2006-02-23 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780309164818 |
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Hispanics and the Future of America presents details of the complex story of a population that varies in many dimensions, including national origin, immigration status, and generation. The papers in this volume draw on a wide variety of data sources to describe the contours of this population, from the perspectives of history, demography, geography, education, family, employment, economic well-being, health, and political engagement. They provide a rich source of information for researchers, policy makers, and others who want to better understand the fast-growing and diverse population that we call "Hispanic." The current period is a critical one for getting a better understanding of how Hispanics are being shaped by the U.S. experience. This will, in turn, affect the United States and the contours of the Hispanic future remain uncertain. The uncertainties include such issues as whether Hispanics, especially immigrants, improve their educational attainment and fluency in English and thereby improve their economic position; whether growing numbers of foreign-born Hispanics become citizens and achieve empowerment at the ballot box and through elected office; whether impending health problems are successfully averted; and whether Hispanics' geographic dispersal accelerates their spatial and social integration. The papers in this volume provide invaluable information to explore these issues.
Handbook of Family Resilience
Author | : Dorothy S. Becvar |
Publsiher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 556 |
Release | : 2012-08-24 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781461439172 |
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Resilience is a topic that is currently receiving increased attention. In general, resilience refers to the capacity of those who, even under the most stressful circumstances, are able to cope, to rebound, and to go on and thrive. Resilient families are able to regain their balance following crises that arise as a function of either nature or nurture, and to continue to encourage and support their members as they deal with the necessary requirements for accommodation, adaptation and, ultimately, healthy survival. Handbook of Family Resilience provides a broad body of knowledge regarding the traits and patterns found to characterize resilient individuals and well-functioning families, including those with diverse structures, various ethnic backgrounds and a variety of non-traditional forms. This Handbook brings together a variety of perspectives aimed at understanding and helping to facilitate resilience in families relative to a full range of challenges.
The Latino Family and the Politics of Transformation
Author | : David T. Abalos |
Publsiher | : VNR AG |
Total Pages | : 198 |
Release | : 1993-09-21 |
Genre | : Family & Relationships |
ISBN | : 0275945278 |
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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.
Hispanic Foodways Nutrition and Health
Author | : Diva Sanjur |
Publsiher | : Allyn & Bacon |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Health & Fitness |
ISBN | : UOM:39015032281555 |
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This book focuses on the Hispanic population in the United States. Reviews sociodemographic data, migration patterns, and economic, health, and nutritional situations. Discusses the persistence of ethnic effects on food habits and the role of women in nutrition; details dietary strengths and weaknesses among various Hispanic groups; examines diet-related diseases and obesity as present-day problems among certain segments of the Hispanic population; presents a discussion of the U.S. Dietary Guidelines and their application to Hispanic diets; demonstrates how to reach Hispanics through diet counseling and nutrition education; and provides useful techniques and approaches for assessing food intake among Hispanics.
Understanding Latino Delinquency
Author | : Cynthia Perez McCluskey |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : STANFORD:36105110286403 |
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Perez McCluskey explores the application of traditional strain theory across multiple ethnic groups. Using data from the Denver Youth Survey and the Rochester Youth Development Study she tests strain theory across two separate Latino groups and their white and African American counterparts. For the most part, strain theory is supported when males are examined collectively. However, when ethnic groups are examined individually, differences emerge. Strain theory does not explain Latino delinquency as well as it does that of other groups. One notable difference is the influence of delinquent friends: Latino attitudes and delinquent behavior are least affected by peers