@article{928602,
      recid = {928602},
      author = {Bhandari, Parul.},
      title = {Matchmaking in middle class India : beyond arranged and  love marriage /},
      publisher = {Springer,},
      address = {Singapore :},
      pages = {1 online resource (196 pages)},
      year = {2020},
      abstract = {This book is an extensive and thorough exploration of the  ways in which the middle class in India select their  spouse. Using the prism of matchmaking, this book  critically unpacks the concept of the 'modern' and traces  the importance of moralities and values in the making of  middle class identities, by bringing to the fore  intersections and dynamics of caste, class, gender, and  neoliberalism. The author discusses a range of issues:  romantic relationships among youth, use of online  technology and of professional services like matrimonial  agencies and detective agencies, encounters of love and  heartbreak, impact of experiences of pain and humiliation  on spouse-selection, and the involvement of family in  matchmaking. Based on this comprehensive account, she  elucidates how the categories of 'love' and 'arranged'  marriages fall short of explaining, in its entirety and  essence, the contemporary process of spouse-selection in  urban India. Though the ethnographic research has been  conducted in India, this book is of relevance to social  scientists studying matchmaking practices, youth cultures,  modernity and the middle class in other societies,  particularly in parts of Asia. While being based on  thorough scholarship, the book is written in accessible  language to appeal to a larger audience.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/928602},
}