Breadwinners and homemakers: Migration and changing conjugal expectations in rural Bangladesh

Rao, Nitya ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6318-0147 (2012) Breadwinners and homemakers: Migration and changing conjugal expectations in rural Bangladesh. Journal of Development Studies, 48 (1). pp. 26-40. ISSN 1743-9140

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Abstract

The literature on marriage norms and aspirations across societies largely sees the institution as static – a tool for the assertion of masculinities and subordination of women. The changing meanings of marriage and conjugality in the contemporary context of globalisation have received scant attention. Based on research in rural Bangladesh, this article questions the usefulness of notions of autonomy and dependence in understanding conjugal relations and expectations in a context of widespread migration for extended periods, especially to overseas destinations, where mutuality is crucial for social reproduction, though in clearly genderdemarcated domains.

Item Type: Article
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Social Sciences > School of International Development
University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Gender and Development
Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Health and Disease
Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Life Course, Migration and Wellbeing
Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Literacy and Development Group
University of East Anglia Schools > Faculty of Science > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
Depositing User: Nitya Rao
Date Deposited: 13 Feb 2012 14:22
Last Modified: 15 Jun 2023 06:30
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/37028
DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2011.629648

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