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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kukreja, Reena (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2022.
Subjects:	Intermarriage > India, North. Married women > India, North > Social conditions > 21st century. Migration, Internal > Social aspects > India. Caste > India, North. India, North > Social conditions > 21st century. Electronic books. 2000-2099
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

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?