Grandparents in Cultural Context

<p>Grandparents in Cultural Context gives a long overdue global view of the changing roles of grandparents. The eleven main chapters are by experts in the Americas Europe and Russia Asia and Africa and the Middle East and the editors integrate their chapters with previous writings on grandparenthood. Rather than technical or statistical research reports each chapter provides a thought-provoking and comprehensive review of research real-life case stories cultural influences and applied implications for grandparenthood across and within societies.</p><p>Calling special attention to the roles of grandfathers and grandparenthood in societies previously un-represented in the literature it provides several hundred new citations of work previously unavailable in English-language publications. Accessible to both scholars and students it has several pedagogical features (e.g. web links discussion questions) that make it useful as a text for upper-division undergraduate or graduate level classes in behavioral social and family sciences. It is relevant to psychology gerontology family studies anthropology family/comparative sociology education social work gender studies ethnic studies psychiatry and diversity and international studies programs. Practitioners service providers policymakers and internationally minded grandparents will also enjoy this book.</p>