{"product_id":"moving-for-marriage-inequalities-intimacy-and-womens-lives-in-rural-north-india","title":"Moving for Marriage","description":"\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":54187668275544,"sku":null,"price":90.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781438485577_a054b6fc-97aa-4b04-82e9-22476342bd16.jpg?v=1777896069","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/moving-for-marriage-inequalities-intimacy-and-womens-lives-in-rural-north-india","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}