Family, Kinship and Marriage in India

Author: Patricia UberoiPublisher: Oxford University PressYear: 2011Language: EnglishPages: 502ISBN/UPC (if available): 0195635086 DescriptionThis work attempts to capture the great variety of family types and kinship practices found in the South Asia region.Several theoretical formulations which posit an underlying unity in this variety, and some sophisticated new analyses of family and kinship are presented in an accessible form. Offering the best recent work as well as some celebrated writings, the readings also try to integrate a concern or gender issues into the study of Indian family and kinship.MEDIA COMMENTS:this volume has successfully staged the state of art in kinship studies. it will simply reward the reader with its fine selection of diverse strands of panoramic web of family, marriage and kinship ties in India. - The Book ReviewA god introduction to the enormous variety of soci