Courting desire : litigating for love in North India /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Srinivasan, Rama, 1982- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2020]
Series:The politics of marriage and gender: global issues in local contexts
Subjects:
Marriage > India, North.
Marriage law > India, North.
Courtship > India, North.
Couples > India, North.
Mariage > Inde (Nord)
Amours > Inde (Nord)
Couples > Inde (Nord)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Couples.
Courtship.
Marriage.
Marriage law.
North India.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; The Politics of Marriage and Gender: Global Issues in Local Contexts; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword by Péter 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

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