Family Norms and Images in Transition: Contemporary Negotiations of Reproductive Labor, Love and Relationships in India

Prof. Dr. Nadja-Christina Schneider; Dr. Fritzi-Marie Titzmann

doi:10.5771/9783845294056

Summary

In an ever-changing world, the family continues to simultaneously symbolise persistence and transformation. This book looks at various shifts, ruptures and continuities in representations of contemporary Indian families. How the media conveys family norms and images as well as the nature of romantic relationships constitutes the book’s central approach, which connects the different discussions in it. Its chapters analyse documentary and feature films, promotional material, such as television commercials, and the usage of new media technologies in communication. The authors look at visualisations of familial change, ranging from split motherhood, new fatherhood and dysfunctional families to intergenerational relationships, including the pre-marriage stage of life. Aimed at an interdisciplinary readership interested in South Asian, gender and media studies, this book thus contributes to our understanding of the current—ideological and ‘lived’—reality of an Indian family. With contributions byParul Bhandari, Nadja-Christina Schneider, Stefanie Strulik, Fritzi-Marie Titzmann

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Bibliographic data

Edition: 1/2020
Copyright Year: 2020
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8487-5225-6
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8452-9405-6
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Language: English
Pages: 113
Product Type: Edited Book

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 6
Introduction: Family Norms and Images in Transition. Contemporary Negotiations of Reproductive Labor, Love and Relationships in India No access Pages 7 - 10
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1. Introduction No access
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2. Towards 'New' Indian Fatherhood? No access
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3. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare 2017 multimedia campaign No access
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4. Men in Crises and Selfies with Daughters No access
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5. Contested Notions of Gender Justice: #SelfieWithDaughter and 'real manhood' No access
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6. Conclusion No access
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1. Documentary Films as »Channels of Mediation« No access
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2. I. Translocal Circuits and Connectivities of Technologically Assisted Reproduction: »Google Baby« (2009) No access
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3. II. Intermedial References and Intertextual Borrowings: »The House of Surrogates« (2013) No access
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4. III. Living and Laboring Under a Panoptic Gaze No access
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5. IV. Framing Surrogacy as Labor vs. a Prevalent Rhetoric of »Rented Wombs« No access
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6. Outlook No access
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8. Films No access
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  1. Visualizing Split Parenthood - Negotiating Normative Motherhood and Kinship No access
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  1. Promoting 'Authentic Actors' - Authenticating the 'Documented Reality' in a Fictional Film No access
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4. Repro-Dramas as a Way of Translating Expertise Across Different Domains of Knowledge? No access
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5. Conclusion No access
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  1. Films No access
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  2. Literature No access
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  1. 1.1 Struggles for the Family No access
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  2. 1.2 The Family as a Site of Patriarchy No access
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  3. 1.3 Re-integration of the Family No access
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  1. 2.1 The 'Neoliberal' Middle Class No access
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  2. 2.2 Interpersonal Dynamics of Romance No access
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  1. 3.1 The Mundane Setting of Discords No access
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  2. 3.2 Fraternal Frictions No access
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  3. 3.3 The Deceiving and Protecting Mother No access
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  4. 3.4 Sex and Sexuality No access
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4. Conclusion No access
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1. Why Muslim Middle Class? No access
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2. Negotiating Field Relations, Mutual Stereotypes and Trust No access
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3. Premarital Relationships No access
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4. Technological Change and Dating No access
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5. Physical Intimacy, »Just Friendship« and Cross-Communal Dating No access
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6. Processes of Distinction: Middleclassness and Dating No access
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7. Conclusion: Situative Plural Affiliations of Belonging No access
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8. References No access
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List of Contributors No access Pages 113 - 113