Family Studies

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Anuja Agrawal (Professor, Professor, Department of Sociology, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi)

Family Studies

Anuja Agrawal (Professor, Professor, Department of Sociology, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi)

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Oxford University Press
25 March 2025

Cultural studies; Sociology: family & relationships; Sociology: customs & traditions; Social & cultural anthropology

Series: Oxford Studies in Contemporary Indian Society

Within the social, political, and economic contexts existing in modern-day India, family is neither a simple remnant of tradition nor a domain merely representing insulated private lives. Rather, it is implicated in malleable yet overpowering structures, relationships, and practices. If the 'family' is a crucial site of ideological and imaginative investments playing a critical role in reproducing and defining contemporary selves and societies, 'families' are responsive to and constrained by the complex dynamics in which they are enmeshed. Family relationships remain fundamental to survival and security even as policy and legislative imperatives as well as reproductive and communication technologies play a crucial role in reshaping them. Critically interrogating the extant approaches to and concepts within the study of family, Family Studies brings together diverse contributions by scholars from varied backgrounds to focus upon issues central to the conceptualization of family and their implications for Indian society. The chapters in this volume make a strong case for why family as an ideological construct and families as a multitude of lived relationships should continue to be subjects of critical social scientific attention.

Edited by: Anuja Agrawal (Professor Professor Department of Sociology Delhi School of Economics University of Delhi)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm,
Weight: 562g
ISBN: 9780198930693
ISBN 10: 0198930690
Series: Oxford Studies in Contemporary Indian Society
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 25 March 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Anuja Agrawal is Professor and Head, Department of Sociology, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi. She has also taught at the Lady Shri Ram College for Women and was a Commonwealth Scholar in 2000-01. Agrawal has authored the monograph Chaste Wives and Prostitute Sisters: Patriarchy and Prostitution among the Bedias of India (Routledge, 2008) and edited the volume titled Migrant Women and Work (Sage, 2006). Additionally, she has written and published extensively on a wide range of issues in the fields of family, kinship, marriage, and gender studies. Her research interests also include denotified tribe (DNT) communities, sex work, and migration.