Publication Date
2014
Description
In the context of shifting cultural anchors as well as unstable global economic conditions, new practices of intimacy and sexuality may become tactics in an individual’s negotiation of conflicting desires and potentials. This article offers reflection on the interface between global forces, powerful transcultural narratives, and state policies, on the one hand, and local, even individual, constructions and tactics in regard to sexuality, marriage, migration, and work, on the other. The article focuses on the life trajectory of Gudiya, an ambitious young Hindu woman who started out life with little social capital and few economic resources in a dusty corner of what was then the tiny kingdom of Nepal. Gudiya’s story highlights the ways in which she has engaged in relational realignments aimed at bringing her closer to the life she imagines, even as she has encountered new and persistent forms of inequality both local and transnational in scale.
Journal
Ethnos: Journal of Anthropology
Volume
79
Issue
5
First Page
585
Last Page
609
Department
Women's & Gender Studies
Link to Published Version
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00141844.2013.817457
DOI
10.1080/00141844.2013.817457
Recommended Citation
Davis, Coralynn V.. "Transnational Marriage: Modern Imaginings, Relational Realignments, and Persistent Inequalities." Ethnos: Journal of Anthropology (2014) : 585-609.
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