Love as enjoyment: hopelessness, play and affective worlds of desire
Some young middle-class women in Ghaziabad have little hope that love will lead to a desirable future. Therefore, they kindle desire in casual encounters that they describe as “enjoyment” and cultivate a sensibility of living in the moment. Enjoyment departs from love (pyaar) as depicted in mass med...
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| Language: | English |
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Society for Cultural Anthropology
2025
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