Mate Selection Across Cultures explores one of the most basic human endeavor scouple formation with particular attention to those relationships that lead to marriage. Which characteristics are most prized in a mate? How do variables like personal and cultural values, religious beliefs and practices, political and historical contexts, socioeconomic standing, and interpersonal attraction affect the pairing process? Editors Raeann R. Hamon and Bron B. Ingolds by examine the fascinating enterprise of mate selection and look at the similarities and differences of human bonds around the globe and across many societies.