The Sung Dynasty (960-1279) was a paradoxical era for Chinese women. This was a time when footbinding spread, and Confucian scholars began to insist that it was better for a widow to starve than to remarry. Yet there were also improvements in women's status in marriage and prope…
"This book is a detailed and colourful study of India's wedding bands. The volume argues that while music performed by wedding bands help generate emotions of ecstasy and joy, the bandsmen who play it are in the fringes of the social events they herald. Musically and socially, a…
"[This book] identifies a new family model geared for the post-industrial economy. Rooted in the urban middle class, the coasts and the "blue states" in the last three presidential elections, the Blue Family Paradigm emphasizes the importance of women's as well as men's workforc…
This book is designed for couples who follow different levels of religious observance.
When two Jewish people get married, they usually think that religion is now a settled matter. Then they discover that there are a hundred and one different ways to be Jewish. Major differences over observance and practice tend to arise when: Immediately, on marriage, a couple ha…
