Brothers and Sisters in India
Subtitle: A Study of Urban Adult Siblings
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: May 20, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780802090775
Subjects: Family & relationships; Social Science; Archaeology / Anthropology; Sociology; India; Anthropology - Cultural; Asia - India; Sociology - Marriage & Family; Social Science / Sociology / Marriage & Family; Brothers and sisters; Fráeres et soeurs; Inde
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Description: "Indian society is rapidly becoming more urban, and while the level of urbanization and the values associated with it have yet to correspond with those of Western societies, the traditional ethos governing sibling relations is becoming increasingly less relevant. G.N. Ramu explores this phenomenon in Brothers and Sisters in India, the first detailed study of adult siblings in contemporary Indian society." "Based on sixteen months of field work in the city of Mysore and over three decades of research in this area, Ramu's study focuses on the three types of sibling relationships (fraternal, sororal, and cross-sibling), and examines the frequency of interaction, the level of mutual assistance, and the incidence of conflict and strain between brothers and sisters."--BOOK JACKET.