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Girl seeks suitable boy: Indian marriage dot com.

机译:女孩寻求合适的男孩:印度婚姻网。

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This thesis examines the use of marriage dot com websites by diasporic Indians in Canada and the U.S. My primary interest is how diasporic Indians practice identity and produce community, and I see these websites as the loci where this is done. My data consists of interviews with 10 North American Indians and a textual analysis of two Indian matrimonial websites (A1 Indian Matrimonials.com and Shaadi.com). From one of these websites, I construct meaning out of 100 online postings. I examine the racialized positioning of diasporic Indians as the 'model minority' in the U.S. and as a 'visible minority' in Canada. I do this (a) to elucidate the 'push' factors that motivate diasporic Indians to seek other Indians as marriage partners, and (b) to show how the 'educated native' of colonial times makes for a diasporic Indian identity that is educated, male and Hindu-Brahmin dominated. I mobilize Brah's notion of the Indian diaspora as a contested, heterogeneous entity, one that is fissured along lines of race, class, caste, nation, and gender. I then comment on the on- and off-line marriage expectations and practices among diasporic Indians and the extent to which they represent a continuation, rupture or negotiation along these axes.; What emerges is a complex picture of diasporic Indian identity in which notions of love, family, marriage, community and feminism have points of difference and sameness from Western and Indian notions. In this context matrimonial websites allow a fusion of tradition with technology in which there is a simultaneous opening up of possibilities within highly specific cultural constraints. I explore how hybridity and mobility have different meanings for men and women website users. I also point out the various ways in which examination of matrimonial websites can inform diasporic theory, such as the reformulation of 'Indian-ness', 'homeland' and 'community', and the polyphonic discourse made possible by internet practices.
机译:本文研究了加拿大和美国的流离失所的印第安人对婚恋网站的使用。我的主要兴趣是流离失所的印第安人如何实践身份并产生社区,我将这些网站视为这样做的场所。我的数据包括对10个北美印第安人的采访以及对两个印度婚姻网站(A1 Indian Matrimonials.com和Shaadi.com)的文字分析。通过这些网站之一,我从100个在线帖子中构建了含义。我研究了流散的印第安人在美国的种族地位,在美国是``模范少数民族'',在加拿大是``可见少数民族''。我这样做(a)阐明驱使流散的印第安人寻求其他印第安人作为婚姻伴侣的“推动”因素,以及(b)展示殖民地时代的“受过教育的本地人”如何使受过流放的印第安人身份受到教育,男性和印度婆罗门统治。我动员了布拉(Brah)关于印度侨民的概念,认为它是一个有争议的,异质的实体,它是根据种族,阶级,种姓,民族和性别而分裂的。然后,我评论流离失所的印第安人之间的在线和离线婚姻期望和做法,以及它们在这些方面代表沿着这些轴心的延续,破裂或谈判的程度。出现的是流离失所的印度身份的一幅复杂的图画,其中爱情,家庭,婚姻,社区和女权主义的观念与西方和印度的观念有着不同和相同的观点。在这种情况下,婚姻网站允许传统与技术的融合,在高度特定的文化约束下,同时开放各种可能性。我探讨了混合性和移动性对男性和女性网站用户的不同意义。我还指出,婚姻网站的检查可以以各种方式告知侨居理论,例如“印度式”,“家园”和“社区”的重新表述以及通过互联网实践实现的复音论述。

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  • 作者

    Sharma, Archana.;

  • 作者单位

    University of Toronto (Canada).;

  • 授予单位 University of Toronto (Canada).;
  • 学科 Anthropology Cultural.; Sociology Ethnic and Racial Studies.; Information Science.
  • 学位 Ph.D.
  • 年度 2006
  • 页码 271 p.
  • 总页数 271
  • 原文格式 PDF
  • 正文语种 eng
  • 中图分类 人类学;民族学;信息与知识传播;
  • 关键词

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