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Author Lamb, Sarah, 1960- author.

Title Being single in India : stories of gender, exclusion, and possibility / Sarah Lamb.

Publication Info. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2022]
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Description 1 online resource.
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Series Ethnographic studies in subjectivity ; 15
Ethnographic studies in subjectivity ; 15.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction : thinking outside marriage -- On being single -- Education and work -- A daughter's and sister's care -- Who will care for me? -- Sexuality and love -- Never-married single moms -- Pleasure, friendships, and fun -- Conclusion.
Summary "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, Sarah Lamb probes the gendered trend of single living in India, examining what makes living outside marriage for women increasingly possible and yet incredibly challenging. Featuring the stories of never-married women as young as 35 and as old as 92, the book offers a remarkable portrait of a way of life experienced by women across class and caste divides, from urban professionals and rural day laborers, to those who identify as heterosexual and lesbian, to others who evaded marriage both by choice and by circumstance. For women in India, complex social-cultural and political-economic contexts are foundational to their lives and decisions, and evading marriage is often an unintended consequence of other pressing life priorities. Arguing that never-married women are able to illuminate their society's broader social-cultural values, Lamb offers a new and startling look at prevailing systems of gender, sexuality, kinship, freedom, and social belonging in India today"-- Provided by publisher.
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Subject Single women -- India -- West Bengal.
Single women -- India -- West Bengal -- Social conditions.
Gender identity -- India -- West Bengal.
Marriage -- India -- West Bengal.
Kinship -- India -- West Bengal.
Femmes seules -- Inde -- Bengale-Occidental.
Femmes seules -- Inde -- Bengale-Occidental -- Conditions sociales.
Identité de genre -- Inde -- Bengale-Occidental.
Mariage -- Inde -- Bengale-Occidental.
Parenté -- Inde -- Bengale-Occidental.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
Gender identity
Kinship
Marriage
Single women
Single women -- Social conditions
India -- West Bengal
Other Form: Print version: Lamb, Sarah, 1960- Being single in India Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2022] 9780520389427 (DLC) 2021051585
ISBN 0520389433
9780520389434 (electronic bk.)
9780520389427 (paperback)
Standard No. AU@ 000070297500
AU@ 000073993256
AU@ 000074060619

 
    
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