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Skewed Sex Ratio and Migrant Brides in Haryana: Reflections from the Field

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Abstract.
A significant social consequence of the prevailing skewed sex ratio in some of
the prosperous regions of India is a shortage of marriageable women which is
resulting in the ‘import’ of brides from relatively poorer regions. In the northern
state of Haryana, which has one of the lowest female to male sex ratios, a
substantial number of men have acquired poor women as brides from southern
and eastern regions of India like West Bengal, Bihar, Assam, etc. In a country like
India where each state has its own cultural and ethnic identity, such marriages
are bound to have social repercussions. In this context, the migrant bride either
negotiates within the given cultural space or gets completely assimilated into the
newer culture. The present article is an attempt to understand the phenomenon
of these cross-regional marriages in Haryana. Deliberations reflect on the resistance
in the Haryana society in acknowledging that lesser availability of marriageable
women is a fall-out of the skewed sex ratio. The article also dwells on the
attempts to find facile explanations for cross-regional marriages in class and caste
disparities.

Keywords: Women, adverse sex-ratio, marriage pattern, migrant bride, cross-regional
marriages

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Judul Seri

Social Change

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London : SAGE Publications Ltd., 2013

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Social Change, 43, 1 (2013): 37–52

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English

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43, 1 (2013)

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PERUBAHAN SOSIAL

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