| Description |
263 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Foreword / T.N. Madan -- Introduction : household and domestic group : society from the inside out / John N. Gray and David J. Mearns -- Studying the household : individuation and values / Ursula Sharma -- The joint family household in rural Rajasthan : ecological, cultural and demographic conditions for its occurrence / Pauline Kolenda -- Household form and formation : variability and social change among South Indian Muslims / Sylvia Vatuk -- The household in Nepal : social and experiential crucible of society / John N. Gray -- Subjection and the domicile : some problematic issues relating to high caste Nepalese women / Vivienne Kondos -- Households in Akkaraipattu : dowry and domestic organisation among the matrilineal Tamils and Moors of Sri Lanka / Dennis McGilvray -- Households and social identity : domestic group, domestic space and ritual contexts amongst Indians in Malaysia / David J. Mearns |
| Analysis |
South Asia Family life |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes references |
| Subject |
Families -- South Asia.
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Households -- South Asia.
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Kinship -- South Asia.
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| Author |
Gray, John N., 1945-
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Mearns, David J., 1948-
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| LC no. |
89031724 |
| ISBN |
0803996098 U.S |
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9780803996090 U.S |
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