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FAMILIES IN A DIVERSE SOCIETY
A Selective List of Resources

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 | Videos | Websites


Books

Abalos, David T.  The Latino Family and the Politics of TransformationWestport, 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.
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

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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

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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.

Jewish Family and Life  
Online magazine for Jewish families.  Includes a variety of articles, columns and other features with an emphasis on children, parenting and family life.

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.                            

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