Contemporary Studies in Sociology

A Multicultural Anthology on Marriage

By: Sandra Lee Browning (Editor), R. Robin Miller (Editor)

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Hardcover | 19 May 1999

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This work assembles a group of international scholars to address issues on marriage and the state, motivations to marry, partner selections, marriage ceremonies, religion, kinship ties and marriage, sexual interaction and marriage, and divorce.

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M. Belinda Tucker, UCLA
An effective counterpoint to many of the US based discussions of family matters.
Contemporary Sociology 30, 3

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List of Contributors
Acknowledgments
Preface
Traditional Versus Contemporary Marriage Systems
Changing American Indian Marriage Patterns: Some Examples from Contemporary Western Apaches	p. 5
Chinese Marriages and Families: Diversity and Change	p. 23
The Changing Korean-American Family	p. 45
Marriage in Italy and Southern Europe: Is the Institution in Decline or Merely Changing?	p. 65
Kinship Ties and Social Support
Kinship Structure and Behaviors of Kin-Relatives in Modern Korea	p. 87
Surviving Marriage and Marriage as Survival in Chipewyan Society: Perspectives from Northern Hunters	p. 105
Systems of Kinship and Marriage in Africa: Continuities and Change	p. 123
The Implications of Marital Status for Socially Supportive Ties with Both Extended Family and Community	p. 139
Work and Marriage
Marriage: Barrier or Blessing? Wives' Employment in Canada	p. 163
Degrees of Egalitarian Spousal Relationships among Women in National Elite Positions in Israel	p. 183
Economic Achievement and Marital Relations of Techiman (Ghana) Market Women	p. 201
Negotiating Marriage in Nepal: Brideprice and Untouchable Women's Work	p. 219
Changing Marital Perceptions
Parents, Peers, and Adolescents' Marital Aspirations: Ethnicity-Based Distinctions	p. 237
Marriage and the Black Male/Female Relationship from Culture to Structure	p. 253
Falling through the Media Grid: Secondary Narratives in the Definition of Latino Families	p. 279
Index	p. 295
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