Biracial Families Crossing Boundaries, Blending Cultures, and Challenging Racial Ideologies /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Nazarinia Roy, Roudi (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Rollins, Alethea (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Families.; Families-Social aspects.; Developmental psychology.; Psychotherapy .; Family.; Developmental Psychology.; Psychotherapy.

This interdisciplinary volume surveys the diverse experiences of biracial families, both across and outside the black/white binary. The book examines the deep-rooted social contexts that inform the lifespan of interracial families, from dating and marriage through the stages of parenthood, as well a...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Social Constitutionality of Race in America: Some Meanings for Bi/Multiracial Families
• Questions and Concerns Regarding Family Theories: Biracial and Multiracial Issues
• Partnering Across Race
• Interracial Marriages: Historical and Contemporary Trends
• Transition to Parenthood
• Parenting Mixed Race Children
• Racial Socialization: A Developmental Perspective
• Biracial Families Formed Through Adoption
• Diverse Family Structures Within Biracial Families
• Racial Identity: Choices, Context, and Consequences
• Reflections & New Directions. .