Marrying in South Asia : shifting concepts, changing practices in a globalising world / edited by Ravinder Kaur, Rajni Palriwala.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ravinder Kaur (Professor), editor.

Palriwala, Rajni, 1955- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marriage--South Asia.

Marriage.

Women--South Asia--Social conditions.

Women.

South Asia.

Social conditions.

Women--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

xvii, 420 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New Delhi : Orient Blackswan, [2014]

Contents:

Introduction: marriage in South Asia: continuities and transformations / Rajni Palriwala, Ravinder Kaur

Change and continuity in marital alliance patterns: Muslims in South India, 1800-2012 / Sylvia Vatuk

Marriage in Bhutan: at the confluence of modernity and identity / Sonam Chuki

Transgressions, accomodations and change: configuring gender and sexuality within marriage practices of the Kolams / Pushpesh Kumar

Marriage continuity and change in Bangladesh / Sajeda Amin, Maitreyi Das

Negotiating marriage: examining the gap between marriage and cohabitation in India / Lester Andrist, Manjistha Banerji and Sonalde Desai

Marriage, women and work: the estate Tamils in Sri Lanka's tea plantations / Amali Philips

Marriage, labour circulation and smallholder capitalism in Andhra Pradesh / Priti Ramamurthy

Marriage, women's economic participation and patterns of support in urban Karachi / Anwar Shaheen

Why marry a cousin? insights from Bangladesh / Shareen Joshi, Sriya Iyer and Quy Toan Do

'Love' in the shadow of the sewing machine: a study of marriage in the garment industry of Chennai, South India / Johanna Lessinger

Transnational marriages: documents, wedding albums, photographers and Jaffna Tamil marriages / Sidharthan Maunaguru

Surfing for spouses: marriage websites and the 'new' Indian marriage? / Ravinder Kaur with Priti Dhanda

'Why did you send me like this?': marriage, matrilinity and the 'providing husband' in North Kerala, India / Janaki Abraham

'Purani aur Nai Shaadi': separation, divorce and remarriage in the lives of the urban poor in New Delhi / Shalini Grover

Multiple ironies: notes on same-sex marriage for South Asians at home and abroad / Ashley Tellis

Dreaming of a better court for women: adjudication and subjectivity in the family courts of Kolkata, India / Srimati Basu

When marriage breaks down: how do contracts matter? marriage contracts and divorce in contemporary North India / Katherine Lemons

Widowhood, socio-cultural practices and collective action: a study of survival strategies of single women in Nepal / Makiko Habazaki.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contributed articles.

ISBN:

9788125053552

8125053557

OCLC:

864812903