Courting desire : litigating for love in North India / Rama Srinivasan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Srinivasan, Rama, 1982- author.

Contributor:

Péter, Berta, Contributor.

Series:

Politics of marriage and gender: global issues in local contexts.

The politics of marriage and gender: global issues in local contexts

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Couples--India, North.

Couples.

Courtship--India, North.

Courtship.

Marriage--India, North.

Marriage.

Marriage law--India, North.

Marriage law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 pages).

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2020]

Summary:

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 kinship spaces, the author outlines the transformations in material culture and political economy that have led to renewed negotiations on the institution of marriage in North India, especially in legal spaces. Tracing organically evolving notions of sexual consent and legal subjectivity, Courting Desire underlines how non-normative decisions regarding marriage become possible in a region otherwise known for high instances of honor killings and rigid kinship structures. Aspirations for consensual relationships have led to a tentative attempt to forge relationships that are non-normative but grudgingly approved after state intervention. The book traces this nascent and under-explored trend in the North Indian landscape.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Foreword

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 Conformity

PART 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

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-9788-0357-5

OCLC:

1130589554