Journal of Comparative Family Studies articles from March 2007

Journal of Comparative Family Studies archives from March 2007

Experiencing racism: differences in the experiences of whites married to blacks and non-black racial minorities.
March 22, 2007... Interracial marriages between blacks and majority group members face higher social sanctions than other interracial unions (Herring & Amissah, 1997; Lewis & Yancey, 1995; Spickard, 1989; Yancey, 2003). This higher level of rejection is...

How many melting pots? Intermarriage, panethnicity, and the Black/non-Black divide in the United States.
March 22, 2007... INTRODUCTION Marriage choices have long been used to assess the importance of social distinctions such as education, race, religion, and social class. These studies view marriage as a form of social interaction, using the extent to which...

Love styles: a cross-cultural study of British, Indian, and Portuguese college students.
March 22, 2007... Love is among the most fundamental aspects of the experience of being human. After decades of neglect, science has become infatuated with love. In recent years there has been a major resurgence of interest within social psychology in the...

The pace of fertility decline in Iran: finding from the Demographic and Health Survey.(Survey)
March 22, 2007... INTRODUCTION During the 1970s many developing countries experienced some transition to lower fertility (Coale, 1983). The size of fertility decline was remarkable in some countries such as those in Southeast Asia (Hirschman and Guest,...

Changing transition to adulthood in urban Burkina Faso.
March 22, 2007... INTRODUCTION In Burkina Faso, like in many other sub-Saharan African countries, the socialization of children into adult life was traditionally marked by a series of symbolic and educational steps and was the responsibility of the entire...

Changing social expectations for work and family involvement among Korean fathers.
March 22, 2007... Recent studies of fatherhood have prioritized men's caregiving experiences alongside men's providing experiences (Lamb, 2000; Pleck, 1997). Fewer studies, however, have explored how this multi-faceted fatherhood is shaped by different cultural...

Labour division and family cohesion among Bedouin flock raiser households in scattered rural settlements in the Negev Desert, southern Israel.
March 22, 2007... INTRODUCTION The Negev Desert, 12,500 square km in size, is part of the Sahara-Arabian belt. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, the Sinai Peninsula to the south, the Arava valley to the east, and the 200 mm isohyets to the...

The lost years: assessing family change in St. Petersburg, Russia, between 1983 and 2003.
March 22, 2007... The transition from communism to capitalism following the breakup of the U.S.S.R. provides a unique opportunity to analyze the impact of radical social change upon 'the relationship.' Within this study, the city of St. Petersburg serves as a...

The cost of war: the children of Iraq.(A RESEARCH NOTE)
March 22, 2007... In late 1970s, Iraq was among the most developed countries in the Middle East, with a sophisticated human infrastructure and the second largest oil reserves in the world. However, the Iraq-Iran war from 1980 to 1988, followed in 1991 by the...

Families in Eastern Europe: Contemporary Perspective in Family Research.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... Mihaela Robila (Ed.). FAMILIES IN EASTERN EUROPE: CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVE IN FAMILY RESEARCH. Volume 5, Inc, 2004, pp.276, Price: 97, 95 US$ (Hardcover). This anthology examines the impacts of the fall of communism on families in Eastern...

A Courtship After Marriage: Sexuality and Love in Mexican Transnational Families.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... Hirsch, Jennifer S., A COURTSHIP AFTER MARRIAGE: SEXUALITY AND LOVE IN MEXICAN TRANSNATIONAL FAMILIES. Berkeley, CA: University of California, 2003. 376 pp., $60.00 (cloth), $24.95 (paper). A Courtship after Marriage is an artfully crafted...

Working Mothers in Europe: A Comparison of Policies and Practices.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... Gerhard, U., Knijn, T., and Cheltenham, A.W. (Eds.). WORKING MOTHERS IN EUROPE: A COMPARISON OF POLICIES AND PRACTICES. Edward Elgar Publishing Inc. 2005. Six of the seven essays in this slim volume address maternal practices as well as...

Real and Imaginary Fathers: Development, Transference, and Healing.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... Akhtar, S. and Parens, H. (Eds.). REAL AND IMAGINARY FATHERS: DEVELOPMENT, TRANSFERENCE, AND HEALING. Jason Aronson, An imprint of Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. 2004, Soft cover, 165 pages. Real and Imaginary Fathers presents to the...

Rituals and Patterns in Children's Lives.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... Jackson, K, M. (Ed). RITUALS AND PATTERNS IN CHILDREN'S LIVES. The University of Wisconsin Press, 2006, 276 pages. $45.00. Kathy Merlock Jackson, editor of Rituals and Patterns in Children's Lives, introduces this volume by stating that it...

From Marriage to the Market: The Transformation of Women's Lives and Work.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... Thistle, Susan. FROM MARRIAGE TO THE MARKET: THE TRANSFORMATION OF WOMEN'S LIVES AND WORK. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2006. $19.95. Susan Thistle's extensive research explores the transformation in women's work from the...

Brothers and Sisters in India: A Study of Urban Adult Siblings.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... Ramu, G.N. BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN INDIA: A STUDY OF URBAN ADULT SIBLINGS. University of Toronto Press, Toronto, Buffalo, London, Hard Cover, 269 pages, ISBN-13:978-0-8020-9077-5, ISBN-10:0-8020-9077-X Prof. GN. Ramu's timely study,...