‘Nat’ Women in Rajasthan (From Rope Dancers to Sex                     Workers)

Swarankar, R. C.

doi:10.1177/0976343020020108

The Oriental Anthropologist: A Bi-annual International Journal

2002

DOI: 10.1177/0976343020020108

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‘Nat’ Women in Rajasthan (From Rope Dancers to Sex Workers)

R. C. Swarankar

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“…But now, this amount is arrived through negotiation.11 This is understood to be the case in a large cross-section of the Bhatu communities (seeRamsanehi 1998). Also seeShankar (1979) andSwarankar (2002).…”

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Situating marriage payments

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2014

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There are very few contextual accounts of bride-price payments among north Indian communities. Despite the paucity of ethnographic data, assumptions regarding transitions in the practice are commonplace. This article discusses marriage payments among the Bedia community within the broader context of their survival upon familial prostitution and focusses upon how they construe bride-price and dowry, both practiced under varied circumstances. I argue that Bedia marriage payments do not neatly fit into the prevailing assumptions regarding transitions from dowry to bride-price and are constructed differently under different conditions. The internal variations and contradictions in these constructions are interpreted in light of the social location and practices of Bedias.

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Women and religion in the nomadic Nat community in India: A view from within

Moshabbir Alam,

Singh

2024

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From Sarkivasi (nomadic) to Gaonvasi (villager): The impact of sedentarisation on Rajasthan's stigmatised Nat community

Jangir

2025

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‘Nat’ Women in Rajasthan (From Rope Dancers to Sex Workers)

Cited by 7 publications

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Situating marriage payments

Situating marriage payments

Women and religion in the nomadic Nat community in India: A view from within

From Sarkivasi (nomadic) to Gaonvasi (villager): The impact of sedentarisation on Rajasthan's stigmatised Nat community

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