Mate selection across cultures. (©2003)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Editors, Raeann R. Hamon, Bron B. Ingoldsby.
• Other Names: Hamon, Raeann R; Ingoldsby, Bron B
• Contents: Introduction / Raeann R Hamon and Bron B Ingoldsby -- Acknowledgments -- Part 1: North America -- 1: Mate selection process in the United States / Bron B Ingoldsby -- Part 2: 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 multi religious, multicultural perspective / Winston Seegobin and Kristen M Tarquin -- Part 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 -- Part 4: 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 -- Part 5: Europe -- 10: Couple formation practices in Spain / J Roberto Reyes -- 11: Development of intimate relationships in the Netherlands / Manfred H M van Dulmen -- Part 6: Asia -- 12: Mate selection in contemporary India: love marriages versus arranged marriages / Nilufer P Medora -- 13: 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.
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications
• Publication Date: 2003
• Copyright Date: 2003
• Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 296 pages), illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 646.7/7; Mate selection -- Cross-cultural studies; Courtship -- Cross-cultural studies; Marriage -- Cross-cultural studies; Courtship -- Cross-cultural studies; Marriage -- Cross-cultural studies; Mate selection -- Cross-cultural studies; Choix du conjoint -- Études transculturellles; Amours -- Études transculturelles; Mariage -- Études transculturelles; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Love & Romance; Courtship; Marriage; Mate selection; Partnerkeuze; Hofmakerij; Huwelijk; Interculturele vergelijking; Electronic books; Cross-cultural studies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781452222028; 1452222029; 9781452204628; 1452204624
• Related ISBNs: 0761925929; 9780761925927
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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