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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... : alk . paper ) 1. Family - India . 2. Marriage - India . 3. Marriage - Religious aspects - Hinduism . I. Title . HQ670.D46 1995 306.8'0954 - dc20 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 94-18314 CIP Preface CONTENTS vii 1. Studying Gender Culture in a North.
... : alk . paper ) 1. Family - India . 2. Marriage - India . 3. Marriage - Religious aspects - Hinduism . I. Title . HQ670.D46 1995 306.8'0954 - dc20 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 94-18314 CIP Preface CONTENTS vii 1. Studying Gender Culture in a North.
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... Gender Culture in a North Indian City : Beyond the Image of Culture as Shared and Constraining 1 2. Making Gender Culture : Men Talk About Controlling Women 15 3. The Collectivist Framework for Understanding Action : Hindu Men's Focus ...
... Gender Culture in a North Indian City : Beyond the Image of Culture as Shared and Constraining 1 2. Making Gender Culture : Men Talk About Controlling Women 15 3. The Collectivist Framework for Understanding Action : Hindu Men's Focus ...
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... GENDER INEQUALITY I did not ask men about their family lives in order to examine implicit knowledge . This concern emerged from my analysis of the interviews . Rather , I ... GENDER CULTURE Having outlined my main areas of concern PREFACE ix.
... GENDER INEQUALITY I did not ask men about their family lives in order to examine implicit knowledge . This concern emerged from my analysis of the interviews . Rather , I ... GENDER CULTURE Having outlined my main areas of concern PREFACE ix.
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... GENDER CULTURE Having outlined my main areas of concern , let me briefly describe the gender culture I am examining to get at these concerns . My purpose in doing this in the preface is to introduce the reader to the cultural terrain of ...
... GENDER CULTURE Having outlined my main areas of concern , let me briefly describe the gender culture I am examining to get at these concerns . My purpose in doing this in the preface is to introduce the reader to the cultural terrain of ...
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... " kh , " " gh , " " jh , " " th , " " dh , " " ph , " and " bh " are aspirated consonants . My conventions are adapted from Eck 1983 , Babb 1987 , and Basham 1954 . 1 Studying Gender Culture in a North Indian City : PREFACE xiii.
... " kh , " " gh , " " jh , " " th , " " dh , " " ph , " and " bh " are aspirated consonants . My conventions are adapted from Eck 1983 , Babb 1987 , and Basham 1954 . 1 Studying Gender Culture in a North Indian City : PREFACE xiii.
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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