| Description |
xii, 299 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Contemporary studies in sociology ; v. 14 |
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Contemporary studies in sociology ; v. 14
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| Contents |
Pt. I. Traditional Versus Contemporary Marriage Systems. Changing American Indian Marriage Patterns: Some Examples from Contemporary Western Apaches / Jennie Joe, Shannon Sparks and Lisa Tiger. Chinese Marriages and Families: Diversity and Change / Lawrence Hong. The Changing Korean-American Family / Mary Yu Danico. Marriage in Italy and Southern Europe: Is the Institution in Decline or Merely Changing? / Rossana Trifiletti -- Pt. II. Kinship Ties and Social Support. Kinship Structure and Behaviors of Kin-Relatives in Modern Korea / Mee Sook Lee. Surviving Marriage and Marriage as Survival in Chipewyan Society: Perspectives from Northern Hunters / Robert Jarvenpa. Systems of Kinship and Marriage in Africa: Continuities and Change / Osei-Mensah Aborampah. The Implications of Marital Status for Socially Supportive Ties with Both Extended Family and Community / R. Robin Miller -- Pt. III. Work and Marriage. Marriage: Barrier or Blessing? Wives' Employment in Canada / David Cheal |
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Degrees of Egalitarian Spousal Relationships among Women in National Elite Positions in Israel / Beverly Mizrachi. Economic Achievement and Marital Relations of Techiman (Ghana) Market Women / Osei-Mensah Aborampah. Negotiating Marriage in Nepal: Brideprice and Untouchable Women's Work / Mary Cameron -- Pt. IV. Changing Marital Perceptions. Parents, Peers, and Adolescents' Marital Aspirations: Ethnicity-Based Distinctions / Sampson Lee Blair and Zhenchao Qian. Marriage and the Black Male/Female Relationship from Culture to Structure / Sandra Lee Browning. Falling through the Media Grid: Secondary Narratives in the Definition of Latino Families / Cristina Bodinger-de Uriarte and Mercedes de Uriarte |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Marriage -- Cross-cultural studies.
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| Author |
Browning, Sandra Lee.
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Miller, R. Robin.
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| LC no. |
99026127 |
| ISBN |
0762302631 : |
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