Beyond joint and nuclear: the Indian family revisited.

Careful perusal of the family literature in India dispels the belief that the Indian family was basically joint, and that following industrialisation and urbanisation, the nuclear family replaced it. On the contrary, the literature demonstrates that family plurality has been an essential feature of...

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Published in:Journal of Comparative Family Studies Vol. 32; no. 2; pp. 167 - 195
Main Authors: D'Cruz, Premilla, Bharat, Shalini
Format: Article
Published: Journal of Comparative Family Studies Spring 2001
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