Love, Marriage, and Intimate Citizenship in Contemporary China and India: An introduction

Abstract

Theorists of globalization as well as activists' writing from a range of positions have argued that intimate practices are taking centre stage and becoming part of global discourses in the process. This holds true for the institution of marriage and the associated ideas about appropriate family forms, but also more generally for the ways in which ideas about 'modern selves' are realized in relationships based on reflexivity and self-knowledge through engagement with an intimate other.