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Courting Desire : Litigating for Love in North India /
Inquiries into marital patterns can serve as an effective lens to analyze social structures and material cultures not only on the question of sexuality, but also on the nature of a private citizen's engagement with state and law. Through ethnographic research in courtrooms, community, and kinsh...
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| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Brunswick :
Rutgers University Press,
[2020]
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; The Politics of Marriage and Gender: Global Issues in Local Contexts; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword by Peter Berta; Preface; Introduction: Living and Loving in North India; PART ONE: Localizing Marriage; 1. Civil Marriage in Postindependence India: Birth of a Utopic Idea; 2. Of Rebellious Lovers and Conformist Citizens; 3. Love, Marriage, and the Brave New World; PART TWO: State and Subjectivity: Capacity to Aspire in Postagrarian North India; 4. Gender Trouble and a State of Illusions; 5. Instituting Court Marriage: The Legal Fiction of Protection Petitions
- 6. Consenting Adults and the State: Social Change through ConformityPART THREE: The Politics of Love, Marriage, and a Livable Future; 7. Toward an Alternative Future: Eloping Couples, Citizenry, and Social Mobility; Conclusion: Closures, New Beginnings, and Happily Ever After?; Appendix; Acknowledgments; Notes; References; Index