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