This book examines the characteristics of family life of various religious and cultural groups in India and analyses the diversities and complexities of family patterns, practices and ethos that exists in India. It draws upon a range of inter-disciplinary perspectives to identify the extent to which family values, the nature of family life and family living differ between different religious and cultural groups in India. The book represents one of the few compilations of first-hand comparative research on the Indian family. The chapters are clearly written, easy to read and are supported by empirical data. All the chapters in this volume, individually and collectively, will facilitate a greater understanding of the diversity of family patterns in India-one of the most relevant topics of inquiry today.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Parimal Kumar Roy
Dr. Parimal Roy has held research and teaching positions in Australia, Canada, Malaysia and India and is currently Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Coordinator of Graduate Studies at the School of Humanities, Communication and Social Sciences, Monash University Gippsland Campus, Australia. He has been Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Syracuse, the State University of New York at Binghampton and Albany (U.S.A.), the University of New York at Binghampton and Albany (U.S.A.), the University of Toronto (Canada), and the University of London (U.K.). His major areas of research and teaching interests include race and ethnic relations, family and social networks, interethnic marriage, social change, urban sociology and community studies. Dr. Roy has published several journal articles and monographs in these areas.
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