Why would I be married here? : marriage migration and dispossession in neoliberal India /

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"The book examines cross-region marriage migration in India that transgresses traditional norms of caste, religion, and ethnicity in marriage-making. An intimate account of the lived experience of migrant Hindu and Muslim brides in rural North India, it foregrounds the intersections of patriarc...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kukreja, Reena (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2022.
Subjects:
2000-2099
Intermarriage > India, North.
Married women > India, North > Social conditions > 21st century.
Migration, Internal > Social aspects > India.
Caste > India, North.
Mariage mixte > Inde (Nord)
Femmes mariées > Inde (Nord) > Conditions sociales > 21e siècle.
Migration intérieure > Aspect social > Inde.
Castes > Inde (Nord)
Livres numériques.
e-books.
HISTORY > Asia > India & South Asia.
Caste.
Intermarriage.
Married women > Social conditions.
Migration, Internal > Social aspects.
Social conditions.
India, North > Social conditions > 21st century.
Inde (Nord) > Conditions sociales > 21e siècle.
India.
North India.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Few Wives Available Locally
  • A Society in Flux
  • Some Men Are More Ineligible Than Others
  • The Lament of the Poor : Distant Marriages of Loved Ones
  • Trafficked? Or Married? Wherein Lies the Truth?
  • The Stain of the Internal Other
  • Docile Brides, Efficient Workers : Undertaking Everyday Negotiations and Resistances
  • Conclusion : What Lies Ahead : Continued Dispossession or Reclaiming Rights?

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