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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... Social Pressures 37 4. Culture and Psyche : Emotions , Conscience , and Self - Conceptions 5. Second Languages and ... Social Pressure 121 8. Who Rejects Social Roles ?: Innovators and Cultural Dopes 141 9. Family Structure ...
... Social Pressures 37 4. Culture and Psyche : Emotions , Conscience , and Self - Conceptions 5. Second Languages and ... Social Pressure 121 8. Who Rejects Social Roles ?: Innovators and Cultural Dopes 141 9. Family Structure ...
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... social pressures , I suggest that such understandings constrain individuals and affect their emotions , social life , and social institutions . While focusing on cultural constraint , I also consider how individuals manipulate cultural ...
... social pressures , I suggest that such understandings constrain individuals and affect their emotions , social life , and social institutions . While focusing on cultural constraint , I also consider how individuals manipulate cultural ...
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... social pressures , some also follow their individual desires : They marry for love , separate from their families , and break caste rules and kinship ideology . Why have some scholars found that Indians de - emphasize individ- ual ...
... social pressures , some also follow their individual desires : They marry for love , separate from their families , and break caste rules and kinship ideology . Why have some scholars found that Indians de - emphasize individ- ual ...
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... social impulses . People attach meanings to events not merely through the ... social products . When indi- viduals are aware of these commonsense understandings , they ... pressures . I argue that frameworks for understanding action are a ...
... social impulses . People attach meanings to events not merely through the ... social products . When indi- viduals are aware of these commonsense understandings , they ... pressures . I argue that frameworks for understanding action are a ...
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... social pressure . While many men and some women are true believers who think they should be guided by social pressures , many others try to escape the consequences of dishonor . In chapter 7 , I focus on the culture work that men do ...
... social pressure . While many men and some women are true believers who think they should be guided by social pressures , many others try to escape the consequences of dishonor . In chapter 7 , I focus on the culture work that men do ...
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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