Asha L Abeyasekera

Making the Right Choice

Narratives of Marriage in Sri Lanka

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Produktbeschreibung

Making the Right Choice is an intimate portrait of the politics of marriage and gender narrated through the life-histories of three generations of Sinhala-Buddhist families living in urban Sri Lanka. The book demonstrates that marriage is a privileged site to investigate questions about gendered selves, gendered agency, and modern subjectivities.  

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. März 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 318g
• ISBN-13: 9781978810303
• ISBN-10: 197881030X
• Artikelnr.: 59987142

Autorenporträt

ASHA L. ABEYASEKERA is a senior lecturer in the faculty of graduate studies at the University of Colombo in Sri Lanka.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Series Foreword by Péter Berta
Introduction
1 - Sinhala Marriage Practices: Then and Now
2 - Making the 'Right'
Choice                                                                                  
3 - Structuring the 'Right' Choice
4 - The Virtuous Self: Failed Marriages
5 - The Valued Self: Singleness
6 - The Vindicated Self: Divorce
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index