{"product_id":"being-single-in-india-stories-of-gender-exclusion-and-possibility","title":"BEING SINGLE IN INDIA: Stories of Gender, Exclusion, and Possibility","description":"\u003ch3 data-start=\"55\" data-end=\"71\"\u003eBook Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"73\" data-end=\"316\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"73\" data-end=\"98\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"75\" data-end=\"98\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"75\" data-end=\"86\"\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Sara Lamb\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"99\" data-end=\"131\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"101\" data-end=\"131\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"101\" data-end=\"115\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Rawat Publications\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"132\" data-end=\"157\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"134\" data-end=\"157\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"134\" data-end=\"147\"\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"158\" data-end=\"184\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"160\" data-end=\"184\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"160\" data-end=\"172\"\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"185\" data-end=\"213\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"187\" data-end=\"213\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"187\" data-end=\"207\"\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 234\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"214\" data-end=\"250\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"216\" data-end=\"250\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"216\" data-end=\"237\"\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 20-04-2023\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"251\" data-end=\"278\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"253\" data-end=\"278\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"253\" data-end=\"262\"\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9788131613269\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"279\" data-end=\"316\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"281\" data-end=\"316\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"281\" data-end=\"300\"\u003eSale Territory:\u003c\/strong\u003e Not mentioned\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"318\" data-end=\"336\"\u003eAbout the Book\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"338\" data-end=\"1074\"\u003eToday, 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 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1076\" data-end=\"1529\"\u003eFor 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"1531\" data-end=\"1543\"\u003eContents\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"1545\" data-end=\"1829\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"1545\" data-end=\"1592\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1547\" data-end=\"1592\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1547\" data-end=\"1564\"\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/strong\u003e Thinking Outside Marriage\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"1593\" data-end=\"1616\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1595\" data-end=\"1616\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1595\" data-end=\"1614\"\u003eOn Being Single\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"1617\" data-end=\"1643\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1619\" data-end=\"1643\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1619\" data-end=\"1641\"\u003eEducation and Work\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"1644\" data-end=\"1682\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1646\" data-end=\"1682\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1646\" data-end=\"1680\"\u003eA Daughter’s and Sister’s Care\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"1683\" data-end=\"1712\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1685\" data-end=\"1712\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1685\" data-end=\"1710\"\u003eWho Will Care for Me?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"1713\" data-end=\"1739\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1715\" data-end=\"1739\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1715\" data-end=\"1737\"\u003eSexuality and Love\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"1740\" data-end=\"1773\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1742\" data-end=\"1773\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1742\" data-end=\"1771\"\u003eNever-Married Single Moms\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"1774\" data-end=\"1812\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1776\" data-end=\"1812\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1776\" data-end=\"1810\"\u003ePleasure, Friendships, and Fun\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"1813\" data-end=\"1829\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1815\" data-end=\"1829\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1815\" data-end=\"1829\"\u003eConclusion\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"1831\" data-end=\"1860\"\u003eAbout the Author \/ Editor\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1862\" data-end=\"2134\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1862\" data-end=\"1876\"\u003eSarah Lamb\u003c\/strong\u003e is the Barbara Mandel Professor of Humanistic Social Sciences and Professor of Anthropology and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Brandeis University. She is also the author of \u003cem data-start=\"2062\" data-end=\"2133\"\u003eWhite Saris and Sweet Mangoes: Aging, Gender, and Body in North India\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rawat Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49992631943472,"sku":"DRG.RawatPublications_9788131613269","price":777.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/9968\/4144\/files\/71fqDDY9ZsL.jpg?v=1756465099","url":"https:\/\/www.retailmaharaj.com\/products\/being-single-in-india-stories-of-gender-exclusion-and-possibility","provider":"Retail Maharaj","version":"1.0","type":"link"}