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Mate Selection Across Cultures

by: Raeann R Hamon

Mate Selection Across Cultures

by: Raeann R Hamon

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9780761925927
ISBN 10:
0761925929
Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 08/14/2003
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc

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Mate Selection Across Cultures explores one of the most basic human endeavors-couple formation-with particular attention to those relationships that lead to marriage. Editors Raeann R. Hamon and Bron B. Ingoldsby examine the enterprise of mate selection and look at the similarities and differences of human bonds around the globe.

Introduction - Raeann R. Hamon (Messiah College) & Bron B. Ingoldsby (Brigham Young University)
Section 1: North America
1. The Mate Selection Process in the United States of America - Bron B. Ingoldsby (Brigham Young University)
Section 2: The Caribbean and South America
2. "It's Better in the Bahamas:" From Relationship Initiation to Marriage - Raeann R. Hamon (Messiah College)
3. Mate Selection Preferences and Practices in Ecuador and Latin America - Paul L. Schvaneveldt (Weber State University)
4. Mate Selection in Trinidad and Tobago: A Multireligious, Multicultural Perspective - Winston Seegobin (Messiah College) & Kristen M. Tarquin (University of Buffalo)
Section 3: Africa
5. Tradition and Change in Family and Marital Processes: Selecting a Marital Partner in Ghana - Baffour K. Takyi (University of Akron)
6. Connecting Generations: Paths to Maasai and Kamba Marriage in Kenya - Stephan M. Wilson (University of Nevada, Reno), Lucy W. Ngige (Kenyatta University, Nairobi), & Linda J. Trollinger (University of Kentucky)
Section 4: The Middle East
7. Love, Courtship, and Marriage from a Cross-Cultural Perspective: The Upper Middle Class Egyptian Example - Bahira Sherif-Trask (University of Delaware)
8. Couple Formation in Israeli Jewish Society - Shulamit N. Ritblatt (San Diego State University)
9. Marriage in Turkey - Nuran Hortacsu (Middle East Technical University)
Section 5: Europe
10. Couple Formation Practices in Spain - J. Roberto Reyes (Messiah College)
11. The Development of Intimate Relationships in the Netherlands - Manfred van Dulmen (University of Minnesota)
Section 6: Asia
12. Mate Selection in Contemporary India: Love Marriages vs. Arranged Marriages - Nilufer P. Medora (California State University, Long Beach)
13. The Transition of Courtship, Mate Selection, and Marriage in China - Yan R. Xia (University of Nebraska, Lincoln) & Zhi G. Zhou (Hebei University, China)
14. Japan and Multiplicity of Paths to Couple Formation - Colleen I. Murray(University of Nevada, Reno) & Naoko Kimura (University of Nevada, Reno)

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Mate Selection Across Cultures

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