Love, Marriage and Intimacy Among Gujarati Indians - A Suitable Match

Zusatztext Shortlisted for the BSA Philip Abrams Memorial Prize! 2015 Informationen zum Autor Katherine Twamley is John Adams Research Fellow at the Social Science Research Unit in the Institute of Education, University of London, UK. Klappentext This book compares understandings and experiences of love and intimacy of one distinct cultural group ¿ Gujarati Indians ¿ born and brought up in two different countries. In a rapidly globalizing world, this comparative ethnographic study explores how the context in which we are brought up shapes our most intimate attachments and family lives. Zusammenfassung This book compares understandings and experiences of love and intimacy of one distinct cultural group – Gujarati Indians – born and brought up in two different countries. In a rapidly globalizing world, this comparative ethnographic study explores how the context in which we are brought up shapes our most intimate attachments and family lives. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface 1. Introduction 2. Interactions in the 'Field' 3. Parental Authority, Youth Autonomy and Marital Decisions 4. Pathways to Marriage 5. Love 6. Gender 7. Conclusions Appendix 1. Tables of Participants Appendix 2. Data Analysis Procedures Appendix 3. Participants' Ranking of Traits Appendix 4. Matrimonial and Dating Agency Materials

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Preface 1. Introduction 2. Interactions in the 'Field' 3. Parental Authority, Youth Autonomy and Marital Decisions 4. Pathways to Marriage 5. Love 6. Gender 7. Conclusions Appendix 1. Tables of Participants Appendix 2. Data Analysis Procedures Appendix 3. Participants' Ranking of Traits Appendix 4. Matrimonial and Dating Agency Materials

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Shortlisted for the BSA Philip Abrams Memorial Prize, 2015

Product details

• Authors: K. Twamley, Katherine Twamley
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2014
• EAN: 9781349451487
• ISBN: 978-1-349-45148-7
• No. of pages: 214
• Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life; Palgrave MacMillan Studies in; Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; B, Sociology, Cultural Anthropology, Family, Ethnology, Social groups, Social & cultural anthropology, Sociology: family & relationships, Sociology, general, Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging, Social Anthropology, families, Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Sociocultural Anthropology, Asian Culture, Ethnology—Asia, Families—Social aspects, data analysis;gender;interaction