Grandparents in Cultural Context

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. 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.

DAVID W. SHWALB (Ph.D., University of Michigan, Developmental Psychology) is Professor of Psychology at Southern Utah University. Co-editor of six previous books including Fathers in Cultural Context (2013, Routledge), he is a former Society for Cross-Cultural Research president and Fulbright awardee. ZIARAT HOSSAIN (Ph.D., Syracuse University, Child and Family Studies) is a Professor of Family and Child Studies and Regents' Lecturer at the University of New Mexico. He is a former Society for Cross-Cultural Research president and Fulbright Scholar.

Foreword Maximiliane Szinovacz. Preface David W. Shwalb and Ziarat Hossain. Part 1: Introduction 1. Introduction David W. Shwalb and Ziarat Hossain Part Two: The Americas 2. Grandparenting in Mexico and Central America: "Time and Attention" Judith L. Gibbons and Regina Fanjul de Marsicovetere 3. Grandparenting in the United States: Cultural and Sub-Cultural Diversity Bert Hayslip Jr. and Christine A. Fruhauf 4. Grandparents in Brazil: The Contexts of Care and Economic Support for Grandchildren Cristina Dias, Rosa Azambuja, Elaine Rabinovich, and Ana Cecília Bastos Part Three: Europe and Russia 5. Grandparenthood in Germany: Intimacy at a Distance or Emeritus Parents? Katharina Mahne, Daniela Klaus and Heribert Engstler 6. Changing Roles of Grandparents in the United Kingdom: Emergence of the 'New' Grandfather Ann Buchanan 7. Grandmothers in Russia's Matrifocal Families: Shoring Up Family Life Jennifer Utrata Part Four: Asia 8. Grandparents in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan: A Way Forward with Traditions and Changes in South Asia Nandita Babu, Ziarat Hossain, Jessica E. Morales, and Shivani Vij 9. Grandparents in Japan, Korea and China: From Filial Piety to Grandparenthood Jun Nakazawa, Jung-Hwan Hyun, Pei-Chun Ko, and David W. Shwalb Part Five: Africa and the Middle East 10. Grandparents in the Middle East and North Africa: Changes in Identity and Trajectory Mahmoud Emam, Yasser Abdelazim, and Mogeda El-Keshky 11. Carer Grandparents of Sub-Saharan Africa: "Foster to be Fostered" Magen Mhaka-Mutepfa, Elias Mpofu, Ami Moore, and Stan Ingman 12. Grandparenting in Southern Africa: What the Elders See While Sitting the Young Ones Standing on Their Toes Won't See Monde Makiwane, Ntombizonke A. Gumede, Mzolisi Makiwane Part Six: Conclusions 13. Chapter Themes, Highlights, and Recommendations David W. Shwalb and Ziarat Hossain