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03260aam a2200433 i 4500 001 EDD4F47EB05F11EA86A2D96D97128E48 003 SILO 005 20200617010021 008 190313s2020 nju b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2019010435 020 $a 1978803540 020 $a 9781978803541 020 $a 1978803532 020 $a 9781978803534 035 $a (OCoLC)1090283118 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d BDX $d YDX $d OCLCF $d OCL $d DLC $d RCJ $d YDX $d UKMGB $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a HQ670 $b .S647 2020 100 1 $a Srinivasan, Rama, $d 1982- $e author. 245 10 $a Courting desire : $b litigating for love in North India / $c Rama Srinivasan. 264 1 $a New Brunswick, New Jersey : $b Rutgers University Press, $c [2020] 300 $a xiii, 197 pages ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a The politics of marriage and gender: global issues in local contexts 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 00 $g Conclusion: $r Peter Berta -- $g Preface -- $g Introduction: $t Closures, new beginnings, and happily ever after? $t Civil marriage in postindependence India : birth of a utopic idea -- $t Of rebellious lovers and conformist citizens -- $t Love, marriage, and the brave new world -- $t Gender trouble and a state of illusions -- $t Instituting court marriage : the legal fiction of protection petitions -- $t Consenting adults and the state : social change through conformity -- $t Toward an alternative future : eloping couples, citizenry, and social mobility -- $g Conclusion: $t Closures, new beginnings, and happily ever after? 520 $a "Inquiries into marital patterns can serve as an effective lens to analyze social structures and material cultures not only on the question of sexuality, but also on the nature of a private citizen's engagement with state and law. Through ethnographic research in courtrooms, community, and kinship spaces, the author outlines the transformations in material culture and political economy that have led to renewed negotiations on the institution of marriage in North India, especially in legal spaces. Tracing organically evolving notions of sexual consent and legal subjectivity, [this book] underlines how non-normative decisions regarding marriage become possible in a region otherwise known for high instances of honor killings and rigid kinship structures. Aspirations for consensual relationships have led to a tentative attempt to forge relationships that are non-normative but grudgingly approved after state intervention. The book traces this nascent and under-explored trend in the North Indian landscape."-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Marriage $z India, North. 650 0 $a Marriage law $z India, North. 650 0 $a Courtship $z India, North. 650 0 $a Couples $z India, North. 650 7 $a Couples. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00881567 650 7 $a Courtship. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00881873 650 7 $a Marriage. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01010443 650 7 $a Marriage law. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01010611 651 7 $a North India. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01907007 830 0 $a Politics of marriage and gender: global issues in local contexts. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20210721013537.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=EDD4F47EB05F11EA86A2D96D97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search