Family and gender among American Muslims: issues facing Middle Eastern immigrants and their descendants

Abstract

List of Illustrations Preface Introduction Barbara C. Aswad and Barbara Bilge Part I: Values, Structure, and Variation in the Muslim Family 1. Islamic Values among American Muslims Yvonne Y. Haddad and Jane I. Smith 2. Immigrant Palestinian Women Evaluate Their Lives Louise Cainkar 3. Turkish-American Patterns of Intermarriage Barbara Bilge 4. Iranian Immigrant Women as Entrepreneurs in Los Angeles Arlene Dallalfar 5. Parents and Youth: Perceiving and Practicing Islam in North America Nimat Hafez Barazangi 6. Sex and the Single Shi'ite: Attitudes toward Mut'a Marriage in an American Lebanese Shiite Community Linda Walbridge 7. South Asian Families in the United States: Pakistani, Bangladeshi, and Indian Muslims Nilufer Ahmed, Gladis Kaufman, and Shamim Naim 8. The International Family: A Case Study from South Asia Gladis Kaufman and Shamim Naim Part II: Practical Issues for Families 9. Health Issues among Muslim Families in the Dearborn Michigan Area Anahid Kulwicki 10. Knowledge and Perceptions of AIDS among Arab Muslims Anahid Kuwicki and Penny S. Cass 11. Challenges to the Arab-American Family and ACCESS, a Local Community Center Barbara C. Aswad and Nancy Adadow Gray 12. Ethnicity, Marriage, and Role Conflict: The Dilemma of a Second Generation Arab-American Jon Swanson 13. Adolescent Arab Girls in an American High School Charlene Eisenlohr 14. Care of the Elderly among Muslim Families Mary Cay Sengstock Part III: Immigrants' Life Stories 15. Life Experiences of Five Immigrants Linda Walbridge Notes Index About the Authors