Love, marriage and intimacy among Gujarati Indians : a suitable match /

One of the first of its kind, 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. Using in-depth ethnographic fieldwork with middle-class Gujaratis aged between 20 and 30 years of a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Twamley, Katherine (Author)
Corporate Author:	Ebook Library
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Basingstoke] : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Series:	Palgrave Macmillan studies in family and intimate life.
Subjects:	Man-woman relationships > Great Britain. Man-woman relationships > India. Mate selection > Great Britain. Mate selection > India. Gujaratis (Indic people) > Marriage customs and rites. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture. Man-woman relationships. Mate selection. Great Britain. India. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

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.