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id	eprints-31619
recordtype	eprints
institution	SOAS, University of London
collection	SOAS Research Online
language	English
language_search	English
topic	HQ The family. Marriage. Women
description	Rather than studying young men's career- and/or economic-based aspirations, this article explores the obstacles that hinder youths of both sexes in gerontocratic southern Tajikistan and North India from developing the capacity to make their own life choices. Focusing mainly on the selection of marital partner and largely on women, I explore the narratives of those who have never even dreamed of a good life, of others who have dreamed but been unable to actualize their dreams, of a few who have started to plan the way forward, and of a tiny number who actually managed to achieve their aspirations, teasing out the influences that facilitate this. I suggest that even educated youths with some control over their public lives are constricted by their family relations and that it requires quite specific support to defy one’s family, which can create significant vulnerabilities in settings with no other safety net.
format	Journal Article
author	Harris, Colette
author_facet	Harris, Colette
authorStr	Harris, Colette
author_letter	Harris, Colette
title	The capacity to aspire: young persons and gender–age relations in southern Tajikistan and North India
publisher	Taylor and Francis
publishDate	2019
url	https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/31619/