Introduction : Few Wives Available Locally -- A Society in Flux -- Some Men Are More Ineligible Than Others -- The Lament of the Poor : Distant Marriages of Loved Ones -- Trafficked? Or Married? Wherein Lies the Truth? -- The Stain of the Internal Other -- Docile Brides, Efficie…
"The book examines cross-region marriage migration in India that transgresses traditional norms of caste, religion, and ethnicity in marriage-making. An intimate account of the lived experience of migrant Hindu and Muslim brides in rural North India, it foregrounds the intersect…
"The book examines cross-region marriage migration in India that transgresses traditional norms of caste, religion, and ethnicity in marriage-making. An intimate account of the lived experience of migrant Hindu and Muslim brides in rural North India, it foregrounds the intersect…