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The Gift of a Bride : a Tale of Anthropology, Matrimony, and Murder by Nanda, Serena, Gregg, Joan is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Gift of a Bride : a Tale of Anthropology, Matrimony, and Murder about?
This ethnographically based murder mystery is set within New York City's Indian community. A young Indian woman's arranged marriage brings her to the city to join her husband shortly after her wedding. The plot unfolds as the couple copes with joint family living, sexual and financial issues, and hostile neighbors. Central to the mystery are the cultural conflicts affecting both men and women negotiating the differences between American society and their own traditional upbringings. A major theme of the book is violence against women as this plays out both within domestic situations and through the gender inequalities of Indian and American society. Supportive characters such as an anthropology professor, an Indian detective and his American sidekick, a young, assimilated Indian neighbor, and an established family elder reveal various aspects of immigrant life. Through this rich, exciting and ethnographically detailed foray into one particular community, the reader learns about arranging a marriage, Hindu weddings and festivals, and the rich psychological motivations of culturally-patterned behavior of both immigrant men and women. The main principles of cultural anthropology and e
Who reads The Gift of a Bride : a Tale of Anthropology, Matrimony, and Murder?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Nanda, Serena, Gregg, Joan
- Publisher
- AltaMira; AltaMira Press
- Published
- 2009
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780759118539
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Science, Literary Fiction
- Rating
- 3.53 / 5 (28 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14