Culture in Action: Family Life, Emotion, and Male Dominance in Banaras, IndiaState University of New York Press, 1995 M07 1 - 232 pages 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. |
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... arranged marriages . Parents almost always arrange the marriages of their sons and daughters , often without giving the bride and groom even one chance to meet before the mar- riage . The men I interviewed use the English phrase " love ...
... arranged marriages . Parents almost always arrange the marriages of their sons and daughters , often without giving the bride and groom even one chance to meet before the mar- riage . The men I interviewed use the English phrase " love ...
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... arranged marriages . We some- times discussed the changing status of women , which is often debated in modern India . During these talks , men often had a child bring tea to share with me , and offered me pan . Men typically commented ...
... arranged marriages . We some- times discussed the changing status of women , which is often debated in modern India . During these talks , men often had a child bring tea to share with me , and offered me pan . Men typically commented ...
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... arranged marriages and love marriages . He told me what he thought about women going outside the home , and about his own relationships with his wife and other family members within a joint family . Wherever possible , I asked Gopal to ...
... arranged marriages and love marriages . He told me what he thought about women going outside the home , and about his own relationships with his wife and other family members within a joint family . Wherever possible , I asked Gopal to ...
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... marriage . " Yet , an occasional man expressed his disagree- ment with these cultural norms as well . One married 25 - year - old says , for instance , that arranged marriages only cause a " big mental heat in the heart of men ...
... marriage . " Yet , an occasional man expressed his disagree- ment with these cultural norms as well . One married 25 - year - old says , for instance , that arranged marriages only cause a " big mental heat in the heart of men ...
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... marriages should be arranged by the parents of the bride and groom , but they also believe that among certain groups in India love marriages are common . They know that in the United States , marriages are not arranged by the parents of ...
... marriages should be arranged by the parents of the bride and groom , but they also believe that among certain groups in India love marriages are common . They know that in the United States , marriages are not arranged by the parents of ...
Contents
True Believers Cowed Conformers | 105 |
Family Structure Ethnopsychology | 155 |
Fieldwork in Urban India | 175 |
Notes | 181 |
Bibliography | 199 |
Index | 221 |
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American Anand Singh argues arranged marriages Banaras Bellah bhābhi Brāhmaṇ bride brothers Catherine Lutz chapter collectivist framework commonsense understandings consequences of dishonor constrain Deepak describe Dileep dominant elders emotion culture emphasize ethnopsychology family's honor father feel focus focuses framework for understanding gender culture girl Gopal guided by social hero heroine Hindi film Hindu men's honor izzat household husband and wife important Indian individual desires instance interactions interviewed joint family joint-family living Kakar Krishna Krishna Das Kumar Kurtz Liddle and Joshi limit love marriages love prem Luschinsky 1962 Maine Pyar Kiya marry for love Mishra says mother Nandu North India one's parents Phoolchand Mishra Raja Rajendra Gupta Rajesh Yadav Rāmāyaṇa Ramesh Mishra recognize reject relationship restrictions riage Richard Shweder Roland second languages separate Sharma Shweder social fear social group social pressures society strategies of action Sunil Gupta Swidler talk tradition understanding action unmarried Vinod Gupta wives woman women young