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Being Single in India Stories of Gender, Exclusion, and Possibility

Paperback • 2022 • English

Being Single in India Stories of Gender, Exclusion, and Possibility

By Sarah Lamb

5 Ratings • 4.8 of 5

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About the book

Today, the majority of the world's population lives in a country with falling marriage rates, a phenomenon with profound impacts on women, gender, and sexuality. In this exceptionally crafted ethnography, Sarah Lamb probes the gendered trend of single women in India, examining what makes living outside of marriage for women increasingly possible and yet incredibly challenging. Featuring the stories of never-married women as young as 35 and as old as 92, this book offers a remarkable portrait of ...Show more

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ISBN

9780520389427

Publisher

Univ of California Press

Published year

2022

Language

English

Original title

Being Single in India Stories of Gender, Exclusion, and Possibility

Format

Paperback

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