Love, Marriage and Intimacy among Gujarati Indians

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   • Katherine Twamley

   Pages 1-17

3. Interactions in the ‘Field’

   • Katherine Twamley

   Pages 18-50

4. Parental Authority, Youth Autonomy and Marital Decisions

   • Katherine Twamley

   Pages 51-66

5. Pathways to Marriage

   • Katherine Twamley

   Pages 67-95

6. Love

   • Katherine Twamley

   Pages 96-117

7. Gender

   • Katherine Twamley

   Pages 118-147

8. Conclusions

   • Katherine Twamley

   Pages 148-163

9. Back Matter

   Pages 164-199

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This book compares understandings and experiences of love and intimacy of one distinct cultural group – Gujarati Indians – born and brought up in two different countries. In a rapidly globalizing world, this comparative ethnographic study explores how the context in which we are brought up shapes our most intimate attachments and family lives.

• data analysis
• gender
• interaction

Shortlisted for the BSA Philip Abrams Memorial Prize, 2015

• University of London, UK

  Katherine Twamley

Katherine Twamley is John Adams Research Fellow at the Social Science Research Unit in the Institute of Education, University of London, UK.

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