Research Catalog

Title

Families and cultural diversity in Australia / edited by Robyn Hartley.

Publication

St. Leonards, NSW, Australia : Allen & Unwin in association with the Australian Institute of Family Studies, 1995.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Hartley, Robyn.
• Australian Institute of Family Studies.

Description

xvii, 273 pages; 22 cm

Summary

An outline of family life of key ethnic groups in Australia, including the differences between recent and older migrant groups.

Alternative Title

Families & cultural diversity in Australia

Subject

• Geschichte 1830-1995
• Families > Australia
• Ethnic attitudes > Australia
• Ethnic groups > Australia
• Ethnic attitudes
• Ethnic groups
• Families
• Familie
• Ethnische Identität
• Aufsatzsammlung
• Australia
• Australien

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-264) and index.

Contents

FAMILIES, VALUES AND CHANGE: SETTING THE SCENE / Robyn Hartley -- Culture and ethnicity -- Describing families -- Families and the state -- Religion and families -- Values and families -- Migration and families -- Composition of the Australian population -- Changing families, changing values -- Methodology -- Chapter themes -- Commonalities and differences -- AUSTRALIAN FAMILIES: VALUES AND BEHAVIOUR / Peter McDonald -- The European origins of westernisation -- Australian family values: 1830-1940 -- A framework for considering contemporary family values -- The era of familism: 1940-70 -- Feminism and western family change -- Intimate relationships -- Changing roles within relationships -- Relationship breakdown -- The place of children -- Young people and families -- Intergenerational relationships and extended family -- Conclusion -- ABORIGINAL FAMILIES IN AUSTRALIA / Eleanor Bourke and Colin Bourke -- Statistical profile of Aboriginal families -- Philosophy and family -- Traditional society and family -- Colonisation -- Aboriginal families today -- Aboriginal family values under threat -- Conclusion -- CHINESE FAMILY VALUES IN AUSTRALIA / Anita S. Mak and Helen Chan -- Chinese settlement since the 1970s -- Family structure -- Traditional family values -- Forming and re-forming families -- Childbirth and child rearing -- Adolescence -- Family interviews in Melbourne -- Old age -- Issues and opportunities -- Conclusion -- FILIPINO FAMILIES IN AUSTRALIA / Grace Soriano -- Filipino migration to Australia -- The Filipino community -- Filipino values -- Filipino families -- Children and child rearing -- Adolescence and young adulthood -- Growing old -- Overseas family responsibilities and obligations -- Social networks -- Intercultural marriage pressures -- Emerging issues for families -- Conclusion -- GREEK-AUSTRALIAN FAMILIES / Georgina Tsolidis -- The traditional Greek family -- Ethnic identification -- The diaspora, the community and the family -- Greek cultural identity and the family -- Migration and the Greek family -- Greek women -- An ageing community -- The Greek-Australian family -- Conclusion -- THE ITALIAN-AUSTRALIAN FAMILY, TRANSFORMATIONS AND CONTINUITIES / Ellie Vasta -- Families and social change -- Work and the Italian-Australian family -- Immigration policies and the Italian family -- Individual, family and community -- Women and the Italian-Australian family -- The Italian aged -- Parenting and the second generation -- Marriage and sexual relationships -- Conclusion: family, community and identity -- LATIN AMERICAN FAMILIES IN AUSTRALIA / Lily Amezquita, Rocio Amezquita and Renzo Vittorino -- Latin American migration to Australia -- Historical background -- La tin American families -- Latin American families In Australia -- Family values in Australia -- Family adjustment -- Older people -- Refugee families -- Conclusion -- LEBANESE-AUSTRALIAN FAMILIES / Trevor Batrouney -- Lebanese migration to Australia -- The Lebanese population in Australia -- Lebanese-Australian families -- Family values -- Family values associated with the life cycle -- Conclusion -- VIETNAMESE-AUSTRALIAN FAMILIES / Vuong Nguyen and Mai Ho -- Migration and its impact on families -- Traditional family values -- Vietnamese families in Australia -- Family roles and status -- Important life stages -- Conclusion.

ISBN

• 1863738967
• 9781863738965

LCCN

96102379

OCLC

• ocm34806034
• 34806034
• SCSB-2104581

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library