Title: Cultures in action
First published: 1995
Description: In Culture in Action Derne explores the interconnections between male dominance, joint-family living, Indian emotional life, and a cultural focus on group pressures. Derne emphasizes the Hindu focus on the social group, but shows that men often distance themselves from group culture by marrying for love, separating from their parents, or embracing closeness with their wives.

Derne's suggestion that Indian men's cultural focus on the group limits men's and women's strategies for breaking cultural norms offers a new approach to understanding how culture constrains. He shows how the child-rearing practices and emotional tensions associated with joint-family living shape Indians' group emphasis. This approach suggests that the Hindu focus on the group is intimately connected with male dominance.
Subjects: Family, Hinduism, Marriage, Religious aspects, Religious aspects of Marriage, Families, Family, india, Marriage, india, Marriage, religious aspects, Famille, Mariage, Aspect religieux, Hindouisme, SOCIAL SCIENCE, Sociology, Marriage & Family, Familie, Patriarchaat (sociologie), Religieuze aspecten, Hindoeïsme, Sociology & Social History, Social Sciences, Family & Marriage
Places: India
LC classification: HQ670 .D46 1995