Family and Gender: Changing Values in Germany and India
Pernau, Margrit; Ahmad, Imtiaz & Reifeld, Helmut
Price :
US$ 40.69
PRODUCT DETAILS
Book ID : 6636
ISBN-10 : 0-7619-9618-4 / 0761996184
Place
of Publication :
Delhi
Year
of Publication :
2003
Edition :
Langauage : English
380p., Index, 23 cm.
CONTENTS
DESCRIPTION
Both family and gender are topics that have been discussed and debated at length. However, in recent years there has been a growing recognition that the two need to be studied together in order to understand their interdependence. Keeping this in mind, this volume brings together original essays covering the social history of the family; images and symbolic practices; the interaction between the family and the state and a discussion of the fault lines of the family. An important feature of this volume is that it brings together perspectives from Germany and India, which together 'de-naturalise', 'de-biologise'and 'de-mythologise' the concept of family within the medium of gender.
