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Papers by Garima Shrivastava

This study adds an important dimension to the existing literature on across-region-brides (ARBs).... more This study adds an important dimension to the existing literature on across-region-brides (ARBs). The study applies a rigorous conceptual framework to underpin its analysis of the complex situation and extreme marginalisation of the ARBs; it further uses data collected through interviews with ARBs to bring out the lived realities and experiences of women, which is different from the stereotypical portrayal of ARBs that pervades the literature. The study argues that grave structural inequalities and discrimination have led to situation of extreme oppression of ARBs. It further highlights that the existing literature and media and ngos narratives have fallen short in capturing the intricate and often contradictory position of ARBs. It argues that ARBs are not a homogenous group. Thus, erasing their voices and lived realities from the discourse about them, is a form of epistemic injustice that intensifies their marginalisation. This study uses a cohesive conceptual framework of interse...

This paper explores the role that body politics has played in the making of development through d... more This paper explores the role that body
politics has played in the making of
development through drawing upon and
tracing the historicity of population control
and reproductive health debates. I further
elucidate these points by drawing on specific
cases from India that highlight how control
of female bodies has been central to the
capitalistic development agenda of the
state and the maintenance of patriarchy.
I conclude by stressing the importance of
the notion of ‘embodied consciousness’
(Icaza & Vazquez, 2016) as a critical
approach to analyse and ‘do’ development.

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Thesis Chapters by Garima Shrivastava

Across-Region-Brides of Mewat: Exploring the Intersections of Power Relations and Lived Realities of Women at the Margins, 2018

This study adds an important dimension to the existing literature on across-region-brides (ARBs).... more This study adds an important dimension to the existing literature on across-region-brides (ARBs). The study applies a rigorous conceptual framework to underpin its analysis of the complex situation and extreme marginalisation of the ARBs; it further uses data collected through interviews with ARBs to bring out the lived realities and experiences of women, which is different from the stereotypical portrayal of ARBs that pervades the literature.
The study argues that grave structural inequalities and discrimination have led to situation of extreme oppression of ARBs. It further highlights that the existing literature and media and ngos narratives have fallen short in capturing the intricate and often contradictory position of ARBs. It argues that ARBs are not a homogenous group. Thus, erasing their voices and lived realities from the discourse about them, is a form of epistemic injustice that intensifies their marginalisation.
This study uses a cohesive conceptual framework of intersectionality and gender to analyse the social relations of power. I further highlight how intersection of power relations create situation of extreme marginalisation of the community and how the ARBs remain multiply oppressed within this intersection.

This study adds an important dimension to the existing literature on across-region-brides (ARBs).... more This study adds an important dimension to the existing literature on across-region-brides (ARBs). The study applies a rigorous conceptual framework to underpin its analysis of the complex situation and extreme marginalisation of the ARBs; it further uses data collected through interviews with ARBs to bring out the lived realities and experiences of women, which is different from the stereotypical portrayal of ARBs that pervades the literature. The study argues that grave structural inequalities and discrimination have led to situation of extreme oppression of ARBs. It further highlights that the existing literature and media and ngos narratives have fallen short in capturing the intricate and often contradictory position of ARBs. It argues that ARBs are not a homogenous group. Thus, erasing their voices and lived realities from the discourse about them, is a form of epistemic injustice that intensifies their marginalisation. This study uses a cohesive conceptual framework of interse...

This paper explores the role that body politics has played in the making of development through d... more This paper explores the role that body
politics has played in the making of
development through drawing upon and
tracing the historicity of population control
and reproductive health debates. I further
elucidate these points by drawing on specific
cases from India that highlight how control
of female bodies has been central to the
capitalistic development agenda of the
state and the maintenance of patriarchy.
I conclude by stressing the importance of
the notion of ‘embodied consciousness’
(Icaza & Vazquez, 2016) as a critical
approach to analyse and ‘do’ development.

Across-Region-Brides of Mewat: Exploring the Intersections of Power Relations and Lived Realities of Women at the Margins, 2018

This study adds an important dimension to the existing literature on across-region-brides (ARBs).... more This study adds an important dimension to the existing literature on across-region-brides (ARBs). The study applies a rigorous conceptual framework to underpin its analysis of the complex situation and extreme marginalisation of the ARBs; it further uses data collected through interviews with ARBs to bring out the lived realities and experiences of women, which is different from the stereotypical portrayal of ARBs that pervades the literature.
The study argues that grave structural inequalities and discrimination have led to situation of extreme oppression of ARBs. It further highlights that the existing literature and media and ngos narratives have fallen short in capturing the intricate and often contradictory position of ARBs. It argues that ARBs are not a homogenous group. Thus, erasing their voices and lived realities from the discourse about them, is a form of epistemic injustice that intensifies their marginalisation.
This study uses a cohesive conceptual framework of intersectionality and gender to analyse the social relations of power. I further highlight how intersection of power relations create situation of extreme marginalisation of the community and how the ARBs remain multiply oppressed within this intersection.