Marital ideoscapes in 21st-century India: Creative combinations of love and responsibility

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 707-726

  Netting, Nancy S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arranged marriage; Ideoscape; India; Love marriage; Upper middle class

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951835486     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X09357555     Document Type: Article

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