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Being Single in India : Stories of Gender, Exclusion, and Possibility /

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A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. Today, the majority of the world's population lives in a country with falling marriage rates, a phenomenon with profound impacts on women, gender, and sexuality. In this exceptionally crafted ethnography, S...

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Main Author: Lamb, Sarah (Author)
Corporate Author: Walter de Gruyter & Co
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2022]
Series:Ethnographic Studies in Subjectivity ; 15
Subjects:
Gender identity > India > West Bengal.
Kinship > India > West Bengal.
Marriage > India > West Bengal.
Single women > India > West Bengal > Social conditions.
Single women > India > West Bengal.
Identité de genre > Inde > Bengale-Occidental.
Parenté > Inde > Bengale-Occidental.
Mariage > Inde > Bengale-Occidental.
Femmes seules > Inde > Bengale-Occidental > Conditions sociales.
Femmes seules > Inde > Bengale-Occidental.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
Gender identity
Kinship
Marriage
Single women
Single women > Social conditions
India > West Bengal
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Note on Transliteration
  • Introduction: Thinking Outside Marriage
  • 1. On Being Single
  • 2. Education and Work
  • 2. Education and Work
  • 4. Who Will Care for Me?
  • 5. Sexuality and Love
  • 6. Never-Married Single Moms
  • 7. Pleasure, Friendships, and Fun
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index