Intercultural couples : crossing boundaries, negotiating difference /
Author / Creator: | Bystydzienski, Jill M., 1949- |
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Imprint: | New York : New York University Press, c2011. |
Description: | ix, 213 p. ; 24 cm. |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8397160 |
Summary: | Despite the growing presence of intercultural couples in the United States and worldwide, their stories often go untold. In Intercultural Couples, Jill Bystydzienski provides a rare and comprehensive understanding of the multidimensional experiences of intercultural couples, drawing mainly upon in-depth interviews with persons living in domestic partnerships--heterosexual and same-sex--representing a broad spectrum of ethnic, racial, religious, socioeconomic, and national backgrounds. In these relationships, each partner brings a different set of cultural experiences that may include gender expectations, ideas about appropriate relations with family members, childrearing, financial matters, and general lifestyle. Sometimes differences may be unrecognized or seen as minimal, yet some can become salient, forming the basis for conflict, enriching diversity, or both. |
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Physical Description: | ix, 213 p. ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780814799789 0814799787 9780814799796 0814799795 9780814709474 0814709478 |