Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
xxii, 358 pages : maps ; 24 cm |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-358). |
Contents |
Prologue: Mumbai, 2014 -- Devotion: Maya and Veer, 1999 to 2009 -- Produce a child, and God smiles: Shahzad and Sabeena, 1983 to 1998 -- A suitable match: Ashok and Parvati, 2009 to 2013 -- Illusions: Maya and Veer, 2010 to 2014 -- Fire in the heart: Shahzad and Sabeena, 1999 to 2013 -- Skywatching: Ashok and Parvati, 2013 to 2014 -- In time: Maya and Veer, 2014 to 2015 -- Moving house: Shahzad and Sabeena, 2014 to 2015 -- The family line: Ashok and Parvati, 2014 to 2015 -- Epilogue: Mumbai, 2015. |
Summary |
While ethnicity, class, and religion are influencing India's development, so too are pop culture and technology-- an uneasy fusion whose impact is most evident in the institution of marriage. Flock introduces three couples whose relationships illuminate these sweeping cultural shifts in dramatic ways. Though these middle-class couples are at different stages in their lives and come from diverse religious backgrounds, their stories build on one another to present a layered, nuanced, and fascinating mosaic of the universal challenges, possibilities, and promise of matrimony in its present state. |
Subject |
Marriage -- India -- Mumbai.
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Marriage -- India -- Mumbai -- Case studies.
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Married people -- India -- Mumbai.
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India -- Social life and customs -- 21st century.
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Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
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Marriage. (OCoLC)fst01010443
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Married people. (OCoLC)fst01010656
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India. (OCoLC)fst01210276
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India -- Mumbai.
(OCoLC)fst01802300
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Chronological Term |
2000-2099
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Genre/Form |
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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Case studies. (OCoLC)fst01423765
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Biographies.
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ISBN |
9780062456489 |
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0062456482 |
Standard No. |
40027934764 |
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