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...
Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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Ithaca :
Cornell University Press,
2022.
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
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?