Visions of the 21st Century Family

Neff-Claster, Prof. P. - Edinboro University, USA Blair, Prof. S.L. - State University of New York at Buffalo, USA

• Foreword.About the Authors. Making sense of donors and donor siblings: A comparison of the perceptions of donor-conceived offspring in lesbian-parent and heterosexual-parent families. Emotion work in black and white: Transracial adoption and the process of racial socialization. “We are both her mothers and I want the world to know that”: Parent term selection among lesbian co-parents with children conceived through donor insemination. The hands that (yet) rock the cradle: Unveiling the social construction of the family through the contemporary birthing ritual. The process through which men and women construct procreative identities: A narrative approach. Recent economic distress in midlife: Consequences for adult children’s relationships with their mothers. Subjective preferences versus objective realities: Voices of full- and part-time employed mothers. On the fast track: Dual military couples navigating institutional structures. “Small House” Practice and its impact on the traditional family unit in Zimbabwe. Negotiating family challenges by transforming traditional gender roles in new identities: Patterns of resilience and parenthood in a sample of italian couples. The schism of “isms”: How race, class, gender, and sexuality impact the adoption triad in the United States. Caregiving for an Ex-Husband: Exploring precipitating factors and relational outcomes. You are my world – The social embeddedness of remarriage. Defining family: Perspectives of homeless adults in southeast texas. On generations, affections, and roles in the family in Brazil. Visions of the 21st Century Family: Transforming Structures and Identities. Contemporary Perspectives in Family Research. Visions of the 21st Century Family: Transforming Structures and Identities. Copyright page. List of Contributors.