The family in various cultures /
Edition statement:Fourth edition. Physical details: viii, 460 pages ; 21 cm ISBN:0397472978; 9780397472970.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Die Afrikaanse Protestantse Akademie | 301.42 QUE (Browse shelf) | 1 | Available | APA044074 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The polyandrous Toda family -- The matrilineal Hopi family -- The polygynous Baganda family -- The classical Chinese system of familism -- The minimum family of the Kibbutz -- The partiarchal family of the ancient Hebrews -- The ancient Romans -- continuity and change -- The legacy of the early Christian family -- The Anglo-Saxon family -- folkways in transition -- The medieval English family -- values in conflict -- The later English family -- romantic love and a power struggle -- The colonial family in North America -- Transition to the modern American family -- The contempory Black American family -- Profiles of the Canadian family -- The mexican American family.
A survey of twelve family systems in twelve cultural and historical settings throughout the world. Different societies in different ages have worked out different ways of handling problems of marriage, child rearing, sex regulation, kinship responsiblities, etc. In this engrosing thoroughly readable book, the cultural heritage of the American family system is traced back through seven different systems, showing a sequence of historical influences. Five other systems those of the Toda, the Hopi, the Baganda, the pre-revolutionary Chinese, and that of the kibbutz-offer a contrast with the American family and portray the wide range of variation in forms of family life.
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