{"product_id":"moving-for-marriage-9781438485584","title":"Moving for Marriage","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eComparative, ethnographic study of women who migrate for marriage in rural north India.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the 2023 BASAS Book Prize presented by British Association for South Asian Studies \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on ethnographic fieldwork in a village in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, \u003ci\u003eMoving for Marriage\u003c\/i\u003e compares the lived experiences of women in \"regional\" marriages (that conform to caste and community norms within a relatively short distance) with women in \"cross-regional\" marriages (that traverse caste, linguistic, and state boundaries and entail long-distance migration within India). By demonstrating how geographic distance and regional origins make a difference in these women''s experiences, Shruti Chaudhry challenges stereotypes and moral panics about cross-regional brides who are brought from far away. Indeed, \u003ci\u003eMoving for Marriage\u003c\/i\u003e highlights the ways in which the post-marital experiences of both categories of wives in this study-their work and social relationships, their sexual lives and childbearing decisions, and their ability to access support in everyday contexts and in the event of marital distress-are shaped by factors such as caste, class\/poverty, religion, and stage in the life-course. In focusing on this Global South context, Chaudhry makes novel arguments about the development of intimacy within marriages that are inherently unequal and even violent, thereby offering an alternative to Euro-American understandings of intimacy and women''s agency.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"State University of New York Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039773557079,"sku":"9781438485584","price":24.27,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781438485584.jpg?v=1750944787","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/moving-for-marriage-9781438485584","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}