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In Gratitude
Epigraph
Foreword: Nana Osei-Kofi
Foreword: Amy Hofer and Michaela Willi-Hooper
The Authors
Dedication
Letter to HDFS 201 Students
Elizabeth B. Pearce
Preface
Social Constructions Preview Questions
The Family: A Socially Constructed Idea
The Social Construction of Difference
The U.S. Government and Families
Studying Families Preview Questions
How and Why We Study Families
Learning Dispositions
Theoretical Perspectives and Key Concepts
Health and Health Care Preview Questions
Health, Wellness, Sickness, and Disease
Elizabeth B. Pearce and Amy Huskey
Health Equity
Elizabeth B. Pearce; Amy Huskey; Jessica N. Hampton; and Hannah Morelos
Health and Health Insurance
Elizabeth B. Pearce; Jessica N. Hampton; and Christopher Byers
Housing Preview Questions
Housing Now!
Elizabeth B. Pearce; Katherine Hemlock; and Carla Medel
Finding a Home: Inequities
Elizabeth B. Pearce; Carla Medel; Katherine Hemlock; and Shonna Dempsey
Movement Toward Equity
Elizabeth B. Pearce; Katherine Hemlock; and Wesley Sharp
Connection and Love Preview Questions
Connection
Elizabeth B. Pearce; Wesley Sharp; and Nyssa Cronin
Love and Union Formation
A word about marriage
How does the government influence unions?
Looking Ahead
Nyssa Cronin
Visual Culture Preview Questions
Experience, Expression, and Equity
Elizabeth B. Pearce; Christopher Byers; and Carla Medel
Art and Dominant Culture
Elizabeth B. Pearce; Jessica N. Hampton; Hannah Morelos; and Katie Niemeyer
What is Beauty?
Representation and Belonging Preview Questions
Representation and Belonging
Decision-making and Power
Working Outside of the System: Social Movements and Activism
Author's Note and Preview Questions
Justice: An Introduction
The Intersectionality of Justice
Alexis Castaneda-Perez
Treatment, Jail, or Justice?
Christopher Byers
Real laws, real families
Carla Medel
Real needs, all families
Food and Water Chapter Preview Questions
Food
Water
Elizabeth B. Pearce and Alexis Castaneda-Perez
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