Being single in India : stories of gender, exclusion, and possibility /

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"Today, the majority of the world's population lives in a country with falling marriage rates, a phenomenon with profound impacts on women, gender, and sexuality. In this exceptionally crafted ethnography, Sarah Lamb probes the gendered trend of single living in India, examining what makes...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lamb, Sarah, 1960- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2022]
Colección:Ethnographic studies in subjectivity ; 15.
Temas:
Single women > India > West Bengal.
Single women > India > West Bengal > Social conditions.
Gender identity > India > West Bengal.
Marriage > India > West Bengal.
Kinship > India > West Bengal.
Femmes seules > Inde > Bengale-Occidental.
Femmes seules > Inde > Bengale-Occidental > Conditions sociales.
Identité de genre > Inde > Bengale-Occidental.
Mariage > Inde > Bengale-Occidental.
Parenté > Inde > Bengale-Occidental.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
Gender identity
Kinship
Marriage
Single women
Single women > Social conditions
India > West Bengal
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : thinking outside marriage
  • On being single
  • Education and work
  • A daughter's and sister's care
  • Who will care for me?
  • Sexuality and love
  • Never-married single moms
  • Pleasure, friendships, and fun
  • Conclusion.

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