A history of marriage practices in colonial Bengal from 1870 until the mid-20th century that shows how the idea of arranged marriage as a traditional practice was constructed in opposition to the notion of modern love marriages.
A history of marriage practices in colonial Bengal from 1870 until the mid-20th century that shows how the idea of arranged marriage as a traditional practice was constructed in opposition to the notion of modern love marriages.
Rochona Majumdar is Assistant Professor of South Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago. She is a co-editor of From the Colonial to the Postcolonial: India and Pakistan in Transition.
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Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 Part I. The Emergence of a Marriage Market 1. Looking for Brides and Grooms 23 2. Snehalata's Death: Questions of Dowry 54 Part II. Culture and the Marketplace 3. Marriage and Distinction: New Critiques of Vulgarity 93 4. The Not-Quite Bourgeois: The Couple Form and the Joint Family 126 Part III. Marriage and the Law 5. A Nineteenth-Century Debate: Law versus Ritual 167 6. Nationalizing the Joint Family: The Hindu Code Debate, 1955-56 206 Conclusion 238 Appendices 1. Wedding Invitations 244 2. Jewelry Catalogues 253 Notes 259 Glossary 301 Bibliography 311 Index 337
Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 Part I. The Emergence of a Marriage Market 1. Looking for Brides and Grooms 23 2. Snehalata's Death: Questions of Dowry 54 Part II. Culture and the Marketplace 3. Marriage and Distinction: New Critiques of Vulgarity 93 4. The Not-Quite Bourgeois: The Couple Form and the Joint Family 126 Part III. Marriage and the Law 5. A Nineteenth-Century Debate: Law versus Ritual 167 6. Nationalizing the Joint Family: The Hindu Code Debate, 1955-56 206 Conclusion 238 Appendices 1. Wedding Invitations 244 2. Jewelry Catalogues 253 Notes 259 Glossary 301 Bibliography 311 Index 337
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