{"product_id":"making-the-right-choice-narratives-of-marriage-in-sri-lanka-9781978810303","title":"Making the Right Choice: Narratives of Marriage in Sri Lanka","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Asha L. Abeyasekera\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Rutgers University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Rutgers University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Marriage \u0026amp; Long Term Relationships\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaking the Right Choice \u003c\/i\u003eunravels the entangled relationship between marriage, morality, and the desire for modernity as it plays out in the context of middle-class status concerns and aspirations for upward social mobility within the Sinhala-Buddhist community in urban Sri Lanka. By focusing on individual life-histories spanning three generations, the book illuminates how narratives about a gendered self and narratives about modernity are mutually constituted and intrinsically tied to notions of agency. The book uncovers how \"becoming modern\" in urban Sri Lanka, rather than causing inter-generational conflict, is a collective aspiration realized through the efforts of bringing up educated and independent women capable of making \"right\" choices. The consequence of this collective investment is a feminist conundrum: agency does not denote the right to choose, but the duty to make the \"right\" choice; hence agency is experienced not as a sense of \"freedom,\" but rather as a burden of responsibility.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47889127243927,"sku":"9781978810303","price":4348.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781978810303.webp?v=1781174385","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/making-the-right-choice-narratives-of-marriage-in-sri-lanka-9781978810303","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}