Family Ethnicity Strength in Diversity [Paperback]

Family ethnicity involves the unique family customs, proverbs, and stories that are passed on for generations. This volume provides extensive information about the various cultural elements that different family groups have drawn upon in order to exist in the United States today. The sections cover Native American Indians, Native Hawaiians, Mexican American and Spanish, African American, Muslim American, and Asian American families.

Family ethnicity involves the unique family customs, proverbs, and stories that are passed on for generations. This volume provides extensive information about the various cultural elements that different family groups have drawn upon in order to exist in the United States today. The sections cover Native American Indians, Native Hawaiians, Mexican American and Spanish, African American, Muslim American, and Asian American families.

PART ONE: FAMILY ETHNIC DIVERSITY
Families of Color - Harriette Pipes McAdoo
Strengths that Come from Diversity
Reframing Family Ethnicity in America - Doris Wilkinson
PART TWO: NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN FAMILIES
The American Indian Experience - Suzan Shown Harjo
Firstborn American Indian Daughters - LeAnne E Silvey
Struggles to Reclaim Cultural Self Identity
Contemporary Issues in the Urban American Indian Family - Walter T Kawamoto and Tamara C Cheshire
PART THREE: NATIVE HAWAIIAN FAMILIES
Native Hawaiian Families - Lillian Aotaki Phenice
PART FOUR: MEXICAN AMERICAN AND SPANISH-ORIGIN FAMILIES
Mexican American/Chicano Families - Estella A Martínez
Parenting as Diverse as the Families Themselves
Cuban Americans in Exile - Zulema E Suárez
Myths and Reality
Dichos y Refranes - Jaime Chahin, Francisco A Villarruel and Ruben Anguiano Viramontez
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