Gender Bargaining Within Matriliny in Kerala

IF 0.6 Q2 AREA STUDIES South Asia Research Pub Date : 2023-02-01 DOI:10.1177/02627280221141046
Lekha N.B.
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This article presents ethnographic evidence to illustrate how Nayar women in Kerala from three different generations encounter the interplay of changed gender and property relations and seek to balance their relationships, expectations and entitlements within their natal and affinal families. Directly experiencing the dynamic intersection of property, gender and culture as well as legal and socio-cultural change, these women are seen to bargain, often quite consciously, over power and resources, including property, within patterns of matriliny that exist in a wider society influenced by dominant patriarchal norms. The article suggests that this is not as unique to Kerala as is often claimed. It makes a case, therefore, for further research on how South Asian women in the twenty-first century remain torn between matriliny and patriliny, the natal family and the husband’s family, and have to engage in multiple balancing acts to secure their rights.
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喀拉拉邦女性内部的性别谈判
本文提供了人种学证据,以说明喀拉拉邦三代不同世代的纳亚尔妇女如何遇到性别和财产关系变化的相互作用,并寻求平衡她们在出生家庭和近亲家庭中的关系、期望和权利。这些妇女直接经历了财产、性别和文化的动态交叉以及法律和社会文化的变化,她们被视为在受主导父权规范影响的更广泛社会中存在的母系制模式下,经常非常有意识地就权力和资源(包括财产)进行讨价还价。这篇文章表明,这并不像人们经常声称的那样是喀拉拉邦独有的。因此,它为进一步研究二十一世纪的南亚妇女如何在母系和父系、出生家庭和丈夫家庭之间左右为难,并不得不采取多种平衡行动来保障她们的权利提供了理由。
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期刊介绍: South Asia Research is an international, multidisciplinary forum which covers the history, politics, law, economics, sociology, visual culture, languages and literature of the countries in South Asia. It includes works of theory, review and synthesis as well as detailed empirical studies by both research students and established scholars from around the world.
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