Marital Arrangements and Womens Autonomy: The Narratives of Tibetan Women in Exile

Title

Marital Arrangements and Womens Autonomy: The Narratives of Tibetan Women in Exile

Creator

Sarkar, Ipsita; Pradeep, Divya

Description

There has been a shift from the previously dominant polyandrous marital arrangements to monogamous arrangements, upon exile, among the Tibetan refugees in India. This article attempts to examine the autonomy of Tibetan women in exile across polyandrous and monogamous marital arrangements through the lens of modernisation and feminist theoretical frameworks. A thematic narrative analysis of 30 Tibetan participants in both marital arrangements has helped in comparing womens autonomy in the domains of inheritance and division of property, household decision-making and with respect to childrens education and occupation. Even though modernising forces partially explain the shift from polyandry to monogamy, the narratives of women belonging to both the monogamous and polyandrous families lend support to the feminist framework suggesting the role of internalisation of social norms and self-abnegation as negatively affecting their autonomy. 2025 CWDS.

Source

Indian Journal of Gender Studies;Volume;32;Issue;2;pp.178-198

Date

01-01-2025

Publisher

Sage Publications India Pvt. Ltd

Subject

household decision-making; inheritance; monogamy; polyandry; womens autonomy

Coverage

Sarkar I., Department of Economics, Christ University, Karnataka, Bangalore, India; Pradeep D., Department of Economics, Christ University, Karnataka, Bangalore, India

Rights

Restricted Access; Hardcopy may be available in the library

Relation

ISSN: 9715215;

Format

online

Language

English

Type

Article

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1177/09715215251323846

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