Intercultural Couples : Crossing Boundaries, Negotiating Difference / Jill M. Bystydzienski.
2011
HQ1031 .B97 2016
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Title
Intercultural Couples : Crossing Boundaries, Negotiating Difference / Jill M. Bystydzienski.
ISBN
9780814723197
Published
New York, NY : : New York University Press, [2011]
Copyright
©2011
Language
English
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In English.
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1 online resource
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10.18574/nyu/9780814799789.001.0001 doi
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HQ1031 .B97 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification
306.8450973
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. Bystydzienski's findings show that, despite hurtful incidents from persons outside the couple partnerships, intercultural unions are a source of satisfaction for the partners, and are able to bridge divisions and reduce inequalities between persons of diverse backgrounds, providing a rich portrait of how these couples negotiate their identities as individuals and as couples in relation to the outside world.
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Table of Contents
Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Couples
2. Reinventing Cultural Identity in Intergroup Couple Relationships
3. Differences That Matter Within Couple Relationships
4. Differences That Matter Across Relationships
5. Accommodating Differences
Conclusion
Methodological Appendix: A Feminist Approach to Interviewing
List of study participants
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Couples
2. Reinventing Cultural Identity in Intergroup Couple Relationships
3. Differences That Matter Within Couple Relationships
4. Differences That Matter Across Relationships
5. Accommodating Differences
Conclusion
Methodological Appendix: A Feminist Approach to Interviewing
List of study participants
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author