Brothers and Sisters in India
Brothers and Sisters in India

Author: G. N. Ramu

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 2006-01-01

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 080209077X

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Indian society is rapidly becoming more urban, and while the level of urbanization and the values associated with it have yet to correspond with those of Western societies, the traditional ethos governing sibling relations is becoming increasingly less relevant. G.N. Ramu explores this phenomenon in Brothers and Sisters in India, the first detailed study of adult siblings in contemporary Indian society. Based on sixteen months of field work in the city of Mysore and over three decades of research in this area, Ramu's study focuses on the three types of sibling relationships (fraternal, sororal, and cross-sibling), and examines the frequency of interaction, the level of mutual assistance, and the incidence of conflict and strain between brothers and sisters.

The Role of Sisters in Women's Development
The Role of Sisters in Women's Development

Author: Sue A. Kuba

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2011-04-01

Total Pages: 417

ISBN-13: 0199875138

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Psychological theory has traditionally overlooked or minimized the role of siblings in development, focusing instead on parent-child attachment relationships. The importance of sisters has been even more marginalized. Sue A. Kuba explores this omission in The Role of Sisters in Women's Development, seeking to broaden and enrich current understanding of the psychology of women. This unique work is distinguished by Kuba's phenomenological method of research, rooted in a single prompt: "Tell me about your relationship with your sister." Rich in detail, the responses (many of which are reproduced at length within the book) provide a complex picture of sister relationships across the lifespan. Integrating these stories with current literature about gender and family composition for sisters of difference (disabled and lesbian sisters) and ethnic sisters, this book provides useful recommendations for therapeutic understanding of the significance of sisters in everyday life, integrating diverse perspectives in order to address the ways clinicians can enhance psychological work with women clients. A valuable contribution to the field of mental health, The Role of Sisters in Women's Development is highly recommended for therapists who wish to broaden their inquiry into the sister connection, as well as anyone who wants to further understand the importance of sisterhood.

Festivals of India
Festivals of India

Author: Swami Mukundananda

Publisher: Jagadguru Kripaluji Yog

Published: 2015-01-04

Total Pages: 102

ISBN-13:

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The Festivals of India is a colorful representation of all the major festivals of India. With attractive pictures and detailed explanations of why each festival is celebrated, it is a must for every child who wants to know the importance of Hindu festivals. Bal-Mukund is a specially designed personality development program for children, envisioned by Swami Mukundananda and lovingly inaugurated by Jagadguru Shree Kripaluji Maharaj. Time spent in inculcating noble values steeped in Vedic culture in our children is an investment into the future. It is the finest gift of love from parents to their children. Bal-Mukund Character Building Series has 7 books.

Autism and the Family in Urban India
Autism and the Family in Urban India

Author: Shubhangi Vaidya

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-09-30

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 8132236076

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The book explores the lived reality of parenting and caring for children with autism in contemporary urban India. It is based on a qualitative, ethnographic study of families of children with autism as they negotiate the tricky terrain of identifying their child s disability, obtaining a diagnosis, accessing appropriate services and their on-going efforts to come to terms with and make sense of their child s unique subjectivity and mode of being. It examines the gendered dimensions of coping and care-giving and the differential responses of mothers and fathers, siblings and grandparents and the extended family network to this complex and often extremely challenging condition. The book tackles head on the sombre question, What will happen to the child after the parents are gone ? It also critically examines the role of the state, civil society and legal and institutional frameworks in place in India and undertakes a case study of Action for Autism ; a Delhi-based NGO set up by parents of children with autism. This book also draws upon the author s own engagement with her child’ s disability and thus lends an authenticity born out of lived experience and in-depth understanding. It is a valuable addition to the literature in the sociology of the family and disability studies.

Social Media in South India
Social Media in South India

Author: Shriram Venkatraman

Publisher: UCL Press

Published: 2017-06-09

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 1911307932

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One of the first ethnographic studies to explore use of social media in the everyday lives of people in Tamil Nadu, Social Media in South India provides an understanding of this subject in a region experiencing rapid transformation. The influx of IT companies over the past decade into what was once a space dominated by agriculture has resulted in a complex juxtaposition between an evolving knowledge economy and the traditions of rural life. While certain class tensions have emerged in response to this juxtaposition, a study of social media in the region suggests that similarities have also transpired, observed most clearly in the blurring of boundaries between work and life for both the old residents and the new. Venkatraman explores the impact of social media at home, work and school, and analyses the influence of class, caste, age and gender on how, and which, social media platforms are used in different contexts. These factors, he argues, have a significant effect on social media use, suggesting that social media in South India, while seeming to induce societal change, actually remains bound by local traditions and practices.

Security, Socialisation and Affect in Indian Families
Security, Socialisation and Affect in Indian Families

Author: Ira Raja

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-05-23

Total Pages: 166

ISBN-13: 1134905122

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Sociological research on Indian families has largely focused on questions of household form and structure, to the exclusion of not only the more nebulous dimensions of family life and relationships but also the discursive and imagined aspects of our familial worlds such as may be accessed through an analysis of film, literature and the electronic media. Moreover, when sociological inquiry has sought to go beyond the demographic and census aspects of the household, it has trained its eye on the heterosexual family centred on the conjugal couple, frequently at the expense of those relational patterns and diversities that fall outside the familiar circuits of desire within the family. The present volume brings together ten essays from a range of disciplines including law, literature, anthropology, sociology, and queer studies, to engage with hitherto neglected and emergent aspects of Indian family life. This book was published as a special issue of South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies.