So different, yet so similar: theoretical reflections about intimate relationships in urban middle class India

Romanowicz, Anna

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Title: So different, yet so similar: theoretical reflections about intimate relationships in urban middle class India

Abstract:

Większość badaczy uważa zakres indywidualnego wyboru za czynnik definiujący miłość i małżeństwa aranżowane, a także inne rodzaje związków intymnych w Indiach. Na podstawie badań etnograficznych przeprowadzonych wśród miejskiej klasy średniej w Delhi problematyzuję to podejście. Twierdzę, że ponieważ żadna decyzja nie jest podejmowana w próżni społecznej, dychotomia między małżeństwami z miłości i małżeństwami aranżowanymi, teoretycznie osadzona w tezie o indywidualizacji, jest nieadekwatnie rozumiana. Niezamierzoną konsekwencją takiego pojmowania tej dychotomii jest powielanie neoliberalnego mitu o jednostce „uwolnionej” od wpływów i ograniczeń społecznych.

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