Appendix: List of Interviewees Directly Quoted

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xvii
5. Introduction: Few Wives Available Locally 1
6. 1. A Society in Flux 32
7. 2. Some Men Are More Ineligible Than Others 63
8. 3. The Lament of the Poor: Distant Marriages of Loved Ones 91
9. 4. Trafficked? Or Married? Wherein Lies the Truth? 115
10. 5. The Stain of the Internal Other 156
11. 6. Docile Brides, Efficient Workers: Undertaking Everyday Negotiations and Resistances 192
12. Conclusion: What Lies Ahead: Continued Dispossession or Reclaiming Rights? 227
13. Appendix: List of Interviewees Directly Quoted 239
14. Glossary 249
15. Notes 251
16. References 261
17. Index 277