Singh, Shailendra Kumar

Encyclopaedia of Indian marriage and family/ Shailendra Kumar Singh. - New Delhi, India: Anmol Publications Pvt. Ltd., 2009. - 3 v. (viii, 736 p.); 25 cm.

Other Titles: Indian marriage and family

Includes bibliographic reference and index.

v. 1. Marriage and Family: the Spiritual Significance -- Concept of Family and Marriage -- Caste System, Family life and Family Values -- Factors Considered in Arranging Marriage -- Indian Wedding -- Marriage in Crisis -- Divorce-Proof Your Marriage -- Toward a Cultural Psychology of Enmeshment in Hindu Families -- v. 2. Measuring Influence on Our Children -- Hindu Marriage-Purpose and Significance -- Changing Family System among a Matrimonial Group in India -- Traditional Asian Family Systems -- Findings Relevant to the Family -- A History of Child Marriage in India -- Traditions of Extended Family in India -- v. 3. Marriage Customs of India -- A Social Study of the Benefits to the Joint Family System -- Joint Families Vs. Nuclear Families -- Child Marriage, Through Illegal, Persist in India -- Marriage in India-Is it Really an Institution? -- Common Marriage Problems -- Changing Facets of Indian Wedding -- Children in Family: Purchase Decision Marketing in India and the West Marriage and Event Services -- Bibliography -- Index.

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Marriage -- India.
Families -- India.
India -- Social life and customs.
Families.
Manners and customs.
Marriage.

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