1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910480928503321

Titolo

Mate selection across cultures [[electronic resource] /] / editors, Raeann R. Hamon, Bron B. Ingoldsby

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c2003

ISBN

1-4522-0462-4

1-4522-2202-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (313 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HamonRaeann R

IngoldsbyBron B

Disciplina

646.77

Soggetti

Mate selection

Courtship

Marriage

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Introduction; Acknowledgments; Part I: North America; 1 - The Mate Selection Process in the United States; Part II: The Caribbean and South America; 2 - "It's Better in the Bahamas"; 3 - Mate Selection Preferences and Practices in Ecuador and Latin America; 4 - Mate Selection in Trinidad and Tobago; Part III - Africa; 5 - Tradition and Change in Family and Marital Processes; 6 - Connecting Generations; Part IV: The Middle East; 7 - Love, Courtship, and Marriage From a Cross-Cultural Perspective; 8 - Couple Formation in Israeli Jewish Society; 9 - Marriage in Turkey

10 - Couple Formation Practices in Spain11 - The Development of Intimate Relationships in the Netherlands; Part VI: Asia; 12 - Mate Selection in Contemporary India; 13 - The Transition of Courtship, Mate Selection, and Marriage in China; 14 - Multiplicity of Paths to Couple Formation in Japan; Author Index; Subject Index; About the Editors; About the Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

'Mate Selection Across Cultures' provides a compilation of the diversity of couple formation experiences, with particular attention to those relationships that lead to marriage. It covers the processes, traditions



and practices associated with couple formation in 14 countries around the world.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910416504103321

Autore

Allain Bernard

Titolo

Rugby : un monde à part ? : Énigmes et intrigues d’une culture atypoque / / Olivier Chovaux, William Nuytens

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Arras, : Artois Presses Université, 2020

ISBN

2-84832-405-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (184 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BrehonJean

CallèdeJean-Paul

ChovauxOlivier

NuytensWilliams

SaouterAnne

VincentJoris

NuytensWilliam

Soggetti

Hospitality  Leisure  Sport & Tourism

rugby

sociologie du sport

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Quel rugby demain ? Cette question est bien au centre des préoccupations de la plupart des initiés. Chacun comprend l’origine de l’interrogation : le monde de l’Ovalie change et beaucoup craignent de ne plus y retrouver ce qui les passionne. Cet ouvrage réunit plusieurs contributions utiles pour lever le doute et les inquiétudes, pour comprendre ce que pourrait devenir le rugby. Les auteurs s’adressent aussi aux profanes, notamment à celles et ceux qui voient le rugby comme un monde à part : quelques énigmes devraient pouvoir être résolues ici, en particulier celle de sa curieuse distribution



géographique. Cette tâche, double, n’aura pas été facile à mener, parce que le rugby est fait de singularités, parce qu’il se singularise, parce qu’on le singularise.