Marriage: An Integrated Study in the Context of Cultural Variation.
The purpose of this study is to identify the structure of marriage, with regional and local variations, in a Kuwaiti tribal community and an Indian village. It provides a rich description of life and culture of the study area in which it highlights the cultural differences between these areas. As th...
| Publicado en: | DOMES: Digest of Middle East Studies Vol. 17; no. 1; pp. 68 - 92 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Spr 2008
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