Kurian The Family in India

A Regional View
Nachdruck 2018
ISBN: 978-3-11-088675-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 12, 391 Seiten

Reihe: Studies in the Social Sciences

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Kurian, George

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Religionssoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Introduction -- A Study of Kinship Groups in the R?m??aya of V?lm?ki -- Family Structure in the Hindu Society of Rural India -- The Structural Features of the Tribal Families in India -- Matrilineal Joint Family Patterns in India -- Marriage and Family in the Polyandrous Khasa Tribe of Jaunsar-Bawar -- Himalayan Ecology and Family Religious Variation -- Kinship in an Indian Village -- Family Types and Industrialization in India -- The Interdependence of Elementary and Extended Family -- Some Possible Variations in Family Types in Gujarat -- Contemporary Nayar Family in Kerala -- Modernization and Social Change - The Family and Kin Network in Urban India -- Some Social Differences in Family Patterns in Bombay -- Changes in the Size and Composition of the Household Brought about by Urbanization in Delhi Area -- Age at Marriage Historical Obstacles to Needed Reforms -- Comments on the Experiences of Some Couples who Married before the Age of Fourteen in Kerala State -- Kinship and Marriage Regulations among the Namboodiri Brahmans of Kerala -- Marriage and Family among Muslims of Bihar -- Heterosexual Friendships and Involvement in Mate Selection Process of Primary and Secondary Teacher Trainees in Ahemadabad -- Modern Trends in Mate Selection and Marriage with Special Reference to Kerala -- Family Organization and Change among the Overseas Indians with Special Reference to Indian Immigrant Families of British Columbia, Canada