{"product_id":"why-would-i-be-married-here-9781501764134","title":"Why Would I Be Married Here","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhy Would I Be Married Here?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e examines marriage migration undertaken by rural bachelors in North India, unable to marry locally, who travel across the breadth of India seeking brides who do not share the same caste, ethnicity, language, or customs as themselves.\u003c\/b\u003e Combining rich ethnographic evidence with Dalit feminist and political economy frameworks, Reena Kukreja connects the macro-political violent process of neoliberalism to the micro-personal level of marriage and intimate gender relations to analyze the lived reality of this set of migrant brides in cross-region marriages among dominant-peasant caste Hindus and Meo Muslims in rural North India. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhy Would I Be Married Here? \u003c\/i\u003ereveals how predatory capitalism links with patriarchy to dispossess many poor women from India''s marginalized Dalit and Muslim communities of marriage choices in their local communities. It reveals how, within the context of the increasing spread of capitalist relations, t\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReena Kukreja's exceptional book reviews the multiple markers of oppression and victimhood that women face in rural north India.\u003c\/p\u003e * Indian Express *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhy Would I Be Married Here?\u003c\/i\u003e offers powerful examples of how contemporary forces of neoliberalism reshape the structural oppressions compelling poor women from marginalized communities worldwide into making compromised choices about their bodies, their labor, and their lives.\u003c\/p\u003e * New Books Network *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eKukreja has written a theoretically rich book that combines Dalit feminist and political economy frameworks.\u003c\/p\u003e * Choice *","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409359905111,"sku":"9781501764134","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781501764134.jpg?v=1730506547","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/why-would-i-be-married-here-9781501764134","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}