Rochona Majumdar

Marriage and Modernity

Family Values in Colonial Bengal

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Produktbeschreibung

A history of marriage practices in colonial Bengal from 1870 until the mid-20th century that shows how the idea of arranged marriage as a traditional practice was constructed in opposition to the notion of modern love marriages.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. April 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 248mm x 168mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 640g
• ISBN-13: 9780822344629
• ISBN-10: 0822344629
• Artikelnr.: 25866890

Autorenporträt

Rochona Majumdar

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
Part I. The Emergence of a Marriage Market
1. Looking for Brides and Grooms 23
2. Snehalata's Death: Questions of Dowry 54
Part II. Culture and the Marketplace
3. Marriage and Distinction: New Critiques of Vulgarity 93
4. The Not-Quite Bourgeois: The Couple Form and the Joint Family 126
Part III. Marriage and the Law
5. A Nineteenth-Century Debate: Law versus Ritual 167
6. Nationalizing the Joint Family: The Hindu Code Debate, 1955-56 206
Conclusion 238
Appendices
1. Wedding Invitations 244
2. Jewelry Catalogues 253
Notes 259
Glossary 301
Bibliography 311
Index 337