Mate selection across cultures / editors, Raeann R. Hamon, Bron B. Ingoldsby.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, c2003.Description: xi, 296 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0761925929 (Paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HQ 801 .M236 2003
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Contents:
Introduction / Raeann R. Hamon and Bron B. Ingoldsby -- Acknowledgments -- pt. 1. North America -- 1. The mate selection process in the United States / Bron B. Ingoldsby -- pt. 2. The Caribbean and South America -- 2. "It's better in the Bahamas" : from relationship initiation to marriage / Raeann R. Hamon -- 3. Mate selection preferences and practices in Ecuador and Latin America / Paul L. Schvaneveldt -- 4. Mate selection in Trinidad and Tobago : a multireligious, multicultural perspective / Winston Seegobin and Kristen M. Tarquin -- pt. 3. Africa -- 5. Tradition and change in family and marital processes : selecting a marital partner in Ghana / Baffour K. Takyi -- 6. Connecting generations : Kamba and Maasai paths to marriage in Kenya / Stephan M. Wilson, Lucy W. Ngige, and Linda J. Trollinger -- pt. 4. The Middle East -- 7. Love, courtship, and marriage from a cross-cultural perspective : the upper middle class Egyptian example / Bahira Sherif-Trask -- 8. Couple formation in Israeli Jewish society / Shulamit N. Ritblatt -- 9. Marriage in Turkey / Nuran Hortasu -- pt. 5. Europe -- 10. Couple formation practices in Spain / J. Roberto Reyes -- 11. The development of intimate relationships in the Netherlands / Manfred H.M. van Dulmen -- pt. 6. Asia -- 12. Mate selection in contemporary India : love marriages versus arranged marriages / Nilufer P. Medora -- 13. The transition of courtship, mate selection, and marriage in China / Yan R. Xia and Zhi G. Zhou -- 14. Multiplicity of paths to couple formation in Japan / Colleen I. Murray and Naoko Kimura -- Author index -- Subject index -- About the editors -- About the contributors.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Raeann R. Hamon and Bron B. Ingoldsby -- Acknowledgments -- pt. 1. North America -- 1. The mate selection process in the United States / Bron B. Ingoldsby -- pt. 2. The Caribbean and South America -- 2. "It's better in the Bahamas" : from relationship initiation to marriage / Raeann R. Hamon -- 3. Mate selection preferences and practices in Ecuador and Latin America / Paul L. Schvaneveldt -- 4. Mate selection in Trinidad and Tobago : a multireligious, multicultural perspective / Winston Seegobin and Kristen M. Tarquin -- pt. 3. Africa -- 5. Tradition and change in family and marital processes : selecting a marital partner in Ghana / Baffour K. Takyi -- 6. Connecting generations : Kamba and Maasai paths to marriage in Kenya / Stephan M. Wilson, Lucy W. Ngige, and Linda J. Trollinger -- pt. 4. The Middle East -- 7. Love, courtship, and marriage from a cross-cultural perspective : the upper middle class Egyptian example / Bahira Sherif-Trask -- 8. Couple formation in Israeli Jewish society / Shulamit N. Ritblatt -- 9. Marriage in Turkey / Nuran Hortasu -- pt. 5. Europe -- 10. Couple formation practices in Spain / J. Roberto Reyes -- 11. The development of intimate relationships in the Netherlands / Manfred H.M. van Dulmen -- pt. 6. Asia -- 12. Mate selection in contemporary India : love marriages versus arranged marriages / Nilufer P. Medora -- 13. The transition of courtship, mate selection, and marriage in China / Yan R. Xia and Zhi G. Zhou -- 14. Multiplicity of paths to couple formation in Japan / Colleen I. Murray and Naoko Kimura -- Author index -- Subject index -- About the editors -- About the contributors.

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