Being single in India : (Record no. 37977)
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| 000 -LEADER | |
|---|---|
| fixed length control field | 02101cam a22002058i 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780520389434 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 306.81/53095414 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Lamb, Sarah, |
| Relator term | author. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Being single in India : |
| Sub Title | stories of gender, exclusion, and possibility / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Sarah Lamb. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 1 online resource |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Introduction : thinking outside marriage -- On being single -- Education and work -- A daughter's and sister's care -- Who will care for me? -- Sexuality and love -- Never-married single moms -- Pleasure, friendships, and fun -- Conclusion. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "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 living in India, examining what makes living outside 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, the book offers a remarkable portrait of a way of life experienced by women across class and caste divides, from urban professionals and rural day laborers, to those who identify as heterosexual and lesbian, to others who evaded marriage both by choice and by circumstance. For women in India, complex social-cultural and political-economic contexts are foundational to their lives and decisions, and evading marriage is often an unintended consequence of other pressing life priorities. Arguing that never-married women are able to illuminate their society's broader social-cultural values, Lamb offers a new and startling look at prevailing systems of gender, sexuality, kinship, freedom, and social belonging in India today"-- |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Single women |
| Geographic subdivision | India |
| -- | West Bengal. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Single women |
| Geographic subdivision | India |
| -- | West Bengal |
| General subdivision | Social conditions. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Gender identity |
| Geographic subdivision | India |
| -- | West Bengal. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Marriage |
| Geographic subdivision | India |
| -- | West Bengal. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Kinship |
| Geographic subdivision | India |
| -- | West Bengal. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | |
| Koha item type | Books |
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