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

"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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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Kukreja, Reena (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2022.
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Table des matières:
  • 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?