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CONTENTS : Chapters Kinship : The Introductory Concepts—Meaning and Definition, Types, Categories, Importance and Kinship-Terms Conceptual Meaning of Technical Terms in Family and Kinship Studies together with the Concepts of Degree, Range Discent and Filiations Kinship Usages Kinship Organization in India : Conceptual, Regional Variations alongwith Kinship System in the Northern Zone Basic Concepts Regarding Relatives and the Kindred in the Punjabi Kinship System Kinship Organization in India’s Central Zone Kinship Organization (Clans and Tribes) in South India Kinship Organization in Eastern Zone : The Indian Tribal Scene—The Concepts of Clans and Totemism Matrilineal Kinship Societies : The Status of Women in Khasi and Garo Tribes Status of Women in Patrilineal Tribal Societies and the Concept of Social Organization in Tribal India Tribal Life in India Family, Marriage and Kinship : Distinction and Inter-relationship Class System in India : Meaning and Definition, Theories of Class, Features of Social Class, Class Versus Caste, Classes in Rural and Urban India and Class Structure in Independent India The Hindu Marriage : Concept, Meaning and De?nition, Parties to Make Selection, Criteria and Rules of Selection, Emerging Trends and Marital Adjustment Traditional Forms of Hindu Marriage Hindu Marriage: Marriage Legislations and their Impact, Contemporary Trends and Challenges to Marriage as an Institution Muslim Marriage in India The Christian Marriage in India Tribal Marriage in India Ways of Acquiring Mates (Brides) and the Concept of Pre-marital and Post-marital Sex Relations among the Indian Tribals’s Types/Forms of Marriage Marriage Alliance and Af?nal Transactions together With Transmission of Rights Signi?cance of Family, Marriage and Kinship in Society Problems of Marriage 1—Dowry Problems of Marriage: 2—Divorce—Concept, Causes and Consequences Problems of Marriage: 3– Divorce among Hindus, Muslims, Christians and Tribals in India Problems of Marriage: 4—The Child Marriage Problems of Marriage: 5—Window Remarriage and Inter caste Marriage Family: Meaning and Dentition, Roots and Theories of Origin, Universal Existence of Family, Family Process, Residence and Descent and Primitive Family Structure Family as a Fundamental Unit of the Society, Its Distinctive Features and Characteristics and the Concepts of Family Transmission and Inheritance of property Forms and Structure of Family Functions of the Family Emerging Trends (Changes) in the Structure and Functions of the Family Family and Households Family : Developmental Cycle Family and Gender Issues : 1. The Concept of Changing Nature of Relationship among Family Members Family and Gender Issues: 2. Status of Women in Indian Society Family in the Context of Child Care Family in the Context of Care of the Aged: Problems Of Elderly/Senior Citizens Objective Type Questions Categories: Authors, Refresher Course (Question & Answers), Sociology, Y.K. SHARMA