Colorism as Marriage Capital: Cross-Region Marriage Migration in India and Dark-Skinned Migrant Brides

Kukreja, Reena

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“…Also, they mentioned that skin tone has also been affecting people in the context of marriage. A similar study performed in India by Kukreja (2021) has revealed how colorism is treated as a marriage capital in certain areas of the country. The study acknowledges a form of gender-based oppression that takes roots in archaic, sexist ideals.…”

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Frequency of Use of Skin-Lightening Products, Levels of Self-Esteem and Colorism Attitudes in University Students of Karachi: A Cross Sectional Study

Masood¹,

Haque²,

Rasheed³

et al. 2022

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The objective of our study was to determine the frequency of use of skin lightening/whitening products, level of self-esteem among university students, and any association between them. A cross-sectional study was conducted at Jinnah Medical and Dental College and the University of Karachi over a period of 12 months on a convenient sample of 499 students of both genders. Self-esteem was measured using Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale, and the use of skin whitening products and attitude towards skin color was determined using a structured questionnaire. Data were analyzed using SPSS 21.0. Out of n = 499 participants, 30.9% (n = 155) responded that they had used skin lightening products during their life. Of those who said yes, 15.1% (n = 76) responded that they are currently using such products. 63.8% (n = 321) classified their complexion as medium, 29.8% (n = 150) classified it as fair and 5.2% (n = 26) classified themselves as having dark complexion. 73% (n = 367) of people were completely satisfied with their complexion, while 20.1% (n = 101) wished for a lighter shade. Self-esteem scores were calculated, and it was found that 89.9% (n = 452) participants had scores above 15, and only 9.3% (n = 47) participants had low self-esteem, having scores below 15. Only 1% (n = 5) having dark complexion, 5.4% (n = 27) having medium complexion and 2.8% (n = 14) fair suffered from low self-esteem score. The frequency of use of skin lightening products was found to be low in university students from the sample population. The majority had good self-esteem and were satisfied with their complexion. There was no relationship between complexion and self-esteem in the study sample.

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Frequency of Use of Skin-Lightening Products, Levels of Self-Esteem and Colorism Attitudes in University Students of Karachi: A Cross Sectional Study

Masood¹,

Haque²,

Rasheed³

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“…Dark-skin shaming can be identified as a strategic ideological weapon to extract more labour from people. This research adds to the growing body of knowledge about the role of colorism in the emergence of new types of gendered violence in the lives of dark-skinned, impoverished rural women [16].…”

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Fetish towards white skin - An empirical study on Indian Perspective using matrimonial advertisements

Garg¹,

Chamoli²,

Gupta³

2022

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The concept of marriages is considered to be sacred in Indian Culture, and it can be viewed as a sacred bond and unionbetween two people. Arrange marriages have become a tradition for Indian people. It has been an emblem of this Indian culturesince remote ages. In India, on a daily basis, overall of 425 million people read newspapers because newspaper advertisementsare rich sources of cultural, social, and historical information. Fair skin has been always a part of national spirit of Indians.Though, castes and classes of a person often intersect, fair skin has also been recognized for being an evidence of “betterfinancial and social status of a person.” Long time before, when globalisation arrived, Men and women considered dark skin asa disgrace to them. However, augmented promotion of light-skinned beauty in advertisements since the ongoing of economicliberalization directly points out how market forces play an important role in intensified divisions of gender, caste, religion, andclass. But, people still prefer for time-tested practicing of taking matrimonial advertisements in e-newspapers. Our objectiveof this research work is to use these ads to infer that In today’s scenario, Indian people/societies are fetish towards whiteskin. We have performed query based analysis on matrimonial advertisements in the period of 2010-21 through data miningof e-newspapers. Graphs are plotted depicting the frequency of keywords chosen for a particular time period. We also createda searchable database for all the ads for 30 newspapers of various languages. This study concluded that despite various kindsof developments on many fronts, no matter if it is technological, cultural , and social, Indians still prefer white skin whilemaking crucial decisions of their lives.

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“…5. Reena Kukreja (2017Kukreja ( , 2018aKukreja ( , 2018bKukreja ( , 2021 -Do daughters marry equal or lower rank males within approved sub-caste groups or do they enter traditionally preferred hypergamous alliances? -Whether and, if yes, how do discrimination tendencies recur or are interpreted differently to result in new exclusions in a variety of life outcomes, such as school success, employment prospects, marriage, or inheritance rights?…”

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New Sociological Perspectives: Understanding Cross-Region Marriages and Their Children in Rural Haryana, India

Ankit

2023

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Haryana, in northern India, has a long history of a low female ratio and a gender regressive society. Men began to find it difficult to marry locally and hence brought wives from poor and distant locations. Cross-region marriages cross the customary barriers of village exogamy (marriage beyond one’s own village), caste endogamy (marriage within the caste), language, class, and culture, and may necessitate a significant distance within India. They are arranged marriages that do not arise by the agency of persons brought together by the marriage, i.e., these are not love marriages. They entirely remove a woman from her family, geographical, linguistic, and cultural settings. In such marriages, the weight of adjustment falls entirely on the women, and society does not appear to ‘accept’ them as their own. There is a notable scarcity of writing on the children of such marriages. As the number of these marriages grows, it becomes vital to provide fresh scientific study evidence on the status of all these children by employing new and untested research techniques, concepts, and geographies. Presenting a thorough literature review and listing the research gaps identified by the researchers, this paper suggests conducting biographical research on adult children of cross-region marriages in southern Haryana’s Mahendragarh district for a variety of reasons.

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Colorism as Marriage Capital: Cross-Region Marriage Migration in India and Dark-Skinned Migrant Brides

Cited by 13 publications

References 23 publications

Frequency of Use of Skin-Lightening Products, Levels of Self-Esteem and Colorism Attitudes in University Students of Karachi: A Cross Sectional Study

Frequency of Use of Skin-Lightening Products, Levels of Self-Esteem and Colorism Attitudes in University Students of Karachi: A Cross Sectional Study

Fetish towards white skin - An empirical study on Indian Perspective using matrimonial advertisements

New Sociological Perspectives: Understanding Cross-Region Marriages and Their Children in Rural Haryana, India

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