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This volume explores the nature of social change in the fundamental institution of marriage in Indian society. It documents the churning going on in the conjugal bond with reference to gender inequality, patriarchy, domestic violence, divorce, separation, and remarriage under the impact of urbanization, modernization and globalization.
The work includes fourteen papers divided into three parts. Part I discusses changes in the choice of spouse in terms of age at marriage and the age differential between spouses; endogamy and hypergamy; inter-caste and interfaith marriage; and divorce and remarriage among Hindus, Muslims and Christians with particular attention to feminism. It raises new questions about the rising trends of separation, desertion, divorce, remarriage, and the option to live single.
Part II takes a closer look at love, sex and marital relationships through the prism of films, state laws, and civil rights. It specifically deals with the live-in relationships, extra-marital relations, matrimonial litigation, and use and abuse of IPC 498A. Part III documents the changing character of spouse selection through the newer forms such as the print and electronic media and the shift from parental choice to individual choice.
The volume will interest students and scholars of sociology, social anthropology, family studies, and law, as well as counselors, various religious organizations, and electronic and print media.
The work includes fourteen papers divided into three parts. Part I discusses changes in the choice of spouse in terms of age at marriage and the age differential between spouses; endogamy and hypergamy; inter-caste and interfaith marriage; and divorce and remarriage among Hindus, Muslims and Christians with particular attention to feminism. It raises new questions about the rising trends of separation, desertion, divorce, remarriage, and the option to live single.
Part II takes a closer look at love, sex and marital relationships through the prism of films, state laws, and civil rights. It specifically deals with the live-in relationships, extra-marital relations, matrimonial litigation, and use and abuse of IPC 498A. Part III documents the changing character of spouse selection through the newer forms such as the print and electronic media and the shift from parental choice to individual choice.
The volume will interest students and scholars of sociology, social anthropology, family studies, and law, as well as counselors, various religious organizations, and electronic and print media.
This volume explores the nature of social change in the fundamental institution of marriage in Indian society. It documents the churning going on in the conjugal bond with reference to gender inequality, patriarchy, domestic violence, divorce, separation, and remarriage under the impact of urbani...
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Lancy Lobo is a doctorate in sociology from the Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi. He is currently the Director, Centre for Culture and Development, Vadodara. Earlier he served as Director, Centre for Social Studies, Surat. He was an International Fellow at the Woodstock Centre, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. during 1999-2000. He has conducted extensive studies on dalits, tribals and OBCs and minorities in rural and urban Gujarat. He has authored, co-authored and edited eighteen books.
Kanchan Bharati is a Research Associate, at the Centre for Culture and Development, Vadodara. Earlier she worked as Academic Associate at the Indian Institute of Management, Bengaluru. She completed her higher education in the field of Sociology and Social Gerontology. She has authored and co-authored papers on ageing and other socially relevant issues in important Journals.
Kanchan Bharati is a Research Associate, at the Centre for Culture and Development, Vadodara. Earlier she worked as Academic Associate at the Indian Institute of Management, Bengaluru. She completed her higher education in the field of Sociology and Social Gerontology. She has authored and co-authored papers on ageing and other socially relevant issues in important Journals.
Lancy Lobo is a doctorate in sociology from the Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi. He is currently the Director, Centre for Culture and Development, Vadodara. Earlier he served as Director, Centre for Social Studies, Surat. He was an International Fellow at the Woodstock Centre, Geor...
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