Open AccessPomiędzy miłością agapiczną a erozyczną. Praktyki miłości i związków intymnych wśród indyjskiej miejskiej klasy średniej
Author(s) -
Anna Romanowicz
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
ur journal of humanities and social sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2543-8379
DOI - 10.15584/johass.2021.1.5
Subject(s) - romance , ethnography , inscribed figure , sociocultural evolution , context (archaeology) , psychology , sociology , gender studies , social psychology , psychoanalysis , geography , anthropology , geometry , archaeology , mathematics
Arranged marriages are the most common (and perceived as traditional) form of formalized heterosexual relationships in India. However, interest in relationships based on romantic love – especially among urban middle class –is increasing. The goal of the article is to present various practices related to romantic love, which cannot be inscribed in a rigid division for arranged and love marriages; to present everyday strategies and tactics, as they are being practiced by my research participants in context of sociocultural changes. The article is based on information gathered in ethnographic fieldwork (with a technique of participant observation) in Delhi.