unit-5-urban-social-structure

Unit-5 Urban Social Structure

The unit first gives the meaning and definition of urban social structure and then describes the main features of urban life.

How is the institution of marriage in the cities gradually separated from its sacred religious complex today? Use three lines for your answer.




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Written on Apr 15, 2019 12:55:14 PM

The new concept of wife-hood, i.e., emphasis on conjugal relationship, in India is associated with urban living. There has also been some evidence of increase in age at marriage in urban areas. Simplification of rituals at marriages and incidence of court marriages in the cities reveal a gradual separation of the institution of marriage from its sacred religious complex.