Marriage and Modernity

"Modern marriages, Rochona Majumdar tells us in this engaging and insightful study, are not the same everywhere. The arranged marriages of privileged families in colonial Bengal turn out to have innovative standards, rituals, and property arrangements, which together reveal key dimensions of the contested relationships--among individuals, conjugal couples, and extended families--characteristic of Indian modernity."--Barbara D. Metcalf, co-author of "A Concise History of Modern India"

Rochona Majumdar is Assistant Professor of South Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago.