Main description:

This book presents a comprehensive overview of Asian families residing in Canada and the United States by portraying and analyzing Asian Canadian and Asian American immigrant families in an integrated yet nuanced way. Chapters use an interdisciplinary approach to provide more comprehensive coverage of the vast diversity as well as common trends and shared characteristics of Asian families. Specifically, the volume examines the experiences of families whose ancestry can be traced to East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, and West Asia.

Key areas of coverage include:

Integrated overview of Asian American and Asian Canadian families, including an exploration of the historical and current immigration policies.
Experiences of families of East Asian, Southeast Asian, South Asian, and West Asian ancestry across Canada and the United States.
Asian religious traditions and worldviews, traditional practices, and religio-cultural views on gender, sexuality, and family.
Specific Asian immigrant groups on immigration demographics, family dynamics and relationships, gendered roles, parenting practices and beliefs, and implications for mental health.
Challenges and issues that families face as Asians and immigrants, the strength and resilience of families, with extensive reviews on various intervention and prevention programs.
Methodological strategies in investigating Asian families and their impact on the field.

Asian Families in Canada and the United States is a must-have resource for researchers, professors, graduate students as well as clinicians, professionals, and policymakers in the fields of developmental, social, and cross-cultural psychology, parenting and family studies, social work, and all interrelated disciplines.

Contents:

Chapter 1: The Complexities of Asian Families from Around the World: Creating New Lives in

Canada and the United States

Susan S. Chuang & Uwe P. Gielen

Part A: History, Religion, and Culture

Chapter 2: Comparing and Contrasting Asian Families in Canada and the United States Uwe P. Gielen, Susan S. Chuang, Roy Moodley, Spencer B. Talbot

Chapter 3: Asian Families: Religion, Spirituality, and Worldviews

Tracy S. Tiemeier

Part B: Specific Countries and Regions of Origin

East Asia

Chapter 4: Chinese Families from Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan

Susan S. Chuang, Xuan Li, & Ching-Yu Huang

Chapter 5: Growing up in Two Worlds: Young Chinese Americans in New York City

Uwe P. Gielen & Jonathan Palumbo

Chapter 6: Japanese Families

Bobbie Kabuto

Chapter 7: Korean Families

Jessica J. Jeong & Ann H. Kim

South Asia

Chapter 8: Bangladeshi Families

Abdul Khaleque

Chapter 9: Indian Families

Uma A. Segal

Chapter 10: Pakistani Families

Ahmed Afzal

West Asia

Chapter 11: Arab Families from the Levant

Julie Hakim-Larson & Shawna A. Scott

Part C: Counseling and Therapy for Mental Health and Wellbeing

Chapter 12: Asian-Origin Families in Canada and the United States: Challenges and Resilience

Kieu Anh Do, Yan Ruth Xia, & Xiaolin Xie

Chapter 13: Providing Therapy with Asian Immigrant Families: A Review of Prominent Issues

and Treatment Considerations

Daniel Kaplin, Denise Farrelly, Kristen Parente, & Florette Cohen

Part D: Methodology Considerations

Chapter 14: Critically Assessing the Methodological Challenges of Exploring Chinese

Immigrant Fathers

Susan S. Chuang, Xuan Li, Ching-Yu Huang, & Yang Hu