In Agreeance with Arranged Marriages Arranging a Marriage in India gives us an insight on how delicate and important it is when in the process of such tradition. Now when reading the story written by Serena Nanda. We may have a perspective that has not been deterred until after. Such as I have been. I came in mind‚ assuming‚"This will be a story of a beautiful young woman and a more than a privileged man would refuse to be united in marriage. No such thing occurred. Arranging a marriage is a tradition
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Can you picture yourself marrying‚ sleeping‚ or spending the rest of your life with a stranger? Someone you don’t love? Arranged marriages are very common for people in India (Nanda). Parents find their kids a partner with good education‚ same social class‚ and decent appearance (Nanda). They want to give their kids a good shot in life. But‚ what about love? Shouldn’t one marry the love of their life? A disrespect towards the real meaning of marriage I could say. When you are told who to marry‚ it’s
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Neither Man Nor Woman: The Hijras of India In our culture‚ it is for us a belief and an evidence tha the biological term and gender term of “sex” refers for two sexes‚ males and females. Throught this book Neither Man Nor Woman by Serena Nanda‚ focused on the hijras of India‚ a community of outside members‚ I will examine how hijras are categorized as a third sex group and how homosexuality and transexuality takes place in their community with the importance for a hijras of having a husband. Second
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was significantly easy; finding various points of views was the harder part. Looking through scholarly essays I was able to find “With Respect to Sex: Negotiating Hijra Identity in South India” by Reddy‚ Gayatri and "The Hijras of India." by Nanda‚ Serena. Two of which were my primary resources for what I am about to explain. In South Asia there is LGBT‚ but what they consider cross dressers‚ and transvestites are called Hijra’s which generally is considered a third gender role in India. Hijra’s
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In this paper‚ I explore the culture of the Hijras to learn how an outcast group that is looked down up on still has its role in traditional society. The Hijras are a transgender social group who are located amongst southern and mid-eastern Asia. They are a group of males who portray themselves as females in society and survive by engaging in begging and prostitution. They are also considered performers for special occasions in different societies. This group focuses on beliefs that are different
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Arranging a Marriage in India Serena Nanda Arranged marriages in Indian society have been the norm for many centuries. Even today‚ an overwhelming majority of Indian people have their married arranged by their parents‚ or respected family members.As American we never really contemplate the idea of having someone choose our life-long partner. That’s not the case in other nations such as India‚ arranged marriage in India is a very common practice‚ yet here in the United States arranged marriages
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The process of becoming male or female occurs during childhood and youth through things such as color and toys. As a female‚ I grow up with things that were pink and purple in fact my bedroom walls were those colors. Pink and purple are deemed “girls’ colors” which makes it seem like girls are the only ones that can like the colors it also fits into the stereotype that girls are “sugar‚ spice‚ and everything nice.” Many of us are raised to think what colors we like deem if we are girly‚ tomboyish
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following essay the teacher said give your points of view about the story you have to read. We will read about arrange marriages in India. Nanda who is a teacher in the United States travels to India to research about arrange marriages. Before traveling she was against arrange marriages but after researching into the topic she change her point of view. I agree with Nanda that some of the points of view that will be discussed in the essay are interesting. Even thought this comments about arrange marriages
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Cited: Tamakoshi‚ Laura. "The Anthropologist in the field." . N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 16 Oct 2013. Nanda‚ Serena ‚ and Richard L. Warms. Culture Counts‚ A Concise Introduction To Cultural Anthropology. 2cnd. Wadsworth Pub Co‚ 2012. print. Jennifer Balliet Professor Reilly Cultural Anthropology 10/15/2013
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JPG&IMGREFURL=HTTP://WWW.GENDERANDHEALTH.CA/EN/MODULES/SEXANDSEXUALITY/GSS-TRANSGENDERED-ISSUES-03.JSP&H=375&W=500&SZ=47&HL=EN&START=11&TBNID=ENEM9K6OD07WYM:&TBNH=98&TBNW=130&PREV=/IMAGES%3FQ%3DKATHOEY%26GBV%3D2%26SVNUM%3D10%26HL%3DEN>. (IMAGE SOURCE) NANDA‚ SERENA. GENDER DIVERSITY: CROSSCULTURAL VARIATIONS. LONG GROVE‚ IL: WAVELAND P INC.‚ 2000. TAYWADITEP‚ KITTIWUD J.‚ ELI COLEMAN‚ AND PACHARIN DUMMRONGGITTIGULE. "THAILAND." INTERNATIONAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SEXUALITY. KINGLY INSTITUTE. 30 SEPT. 2007 <HTTP://WWW
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