arranged marriage    • families      TITLE: family (kinship):
Family law     SECTION: Family law     In general, modern
marriage is best-described as a voluntary union, usually between
a man and a woman (although there are still vestiges of the
arranged marriage that once flourished in eastern Europe and
Asia). The emancipation of women in the 19th and 20th centuries
changed marriage dramatically, particularly in connection with
property and economic status. By the mid-20th century, most...
• social customs and culture      • India        TITLE: India:
Family and kinship       SECTION: Family and kinship       ...of
more than a single generation), who share finances and a common
kitchen. Marriage is virtually universal, divorce rare, and
virtually every marriage produces children. Almost all marriages
are arranged by family elders on the basis of caste, degree of
consanguinity, economic status, education (if any), and
astrology. A bride traditionally moves to her husband’s house.
However, nonarranged...