Rosalina Pisco Costa (Universidade de Évora, Portugal), Sampson Lee Blair (The State University of New York, USA)
Around the globe, the very conceptualization of family is associated with the relationship between a parent and a child. The birth of a child represents both the end of one experience, and the beginning of another.
Around the globe, the very conceptualization of family is associated with the relationship between a parent and a child. The birth of a child represen...
Patricia Neff Claster (Edinboro University, USA), Sampson Lee Blair (The State University of New York, USA)
As family structures continue to evolve, aging relatives have caused increasing concern for family members as they attempt to manage complex issues such as health, caregiving, emotional and instrumental support, and intergenerational relationships. This multidisciplinary volume focuses on how aging interacts with family structures and relationship dynamics. Including research from around the globe, the authors address a wide array of topics, including family support networks, elderly care, grandparenthood, marital dynamics and satisfaction, elderly divorce, cohabitation, gender, and...
As family structures continue to evolve, aging relatives have caused increasing concern for family members as they attempt to manage complex issues su...
Sampson Lee Blair (The State University of New York, USA), Timothy J. Madigan (Mansfield University, USA), Fang Fang (Un
In the context of dramatically changing contemporary patterns of mate selection in China, Mate Selection in China focuses upon both the causes and consequences the societal changes which have resulted in a considerable shift in the ways in which young adults go about finding a spouse. Tracking a period of change, from a long history of patriarchal families and arranged marriages, into an environment wherein individuals are relatively free to choose their intimate partners, Blair, Madison and Fang demonstrate and analyse how recent shifts in divorce, cohabitation, and pre-marital sex have...
In the context of dramatically changing contemporary patterns of mate selection in China, Mate Selection in China focuses upon both the causes and con...
