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Urbanisation mobilisation, connectivity & cultural flows between societies. It has altered traditional & cultural institutions forearm, including idea of community & kinship.
How globalisation has justified kinship & community:
1. Joint to nuclear to transnational families -
1.1 - Increased migration for work & education has led to transnational kinship relocals.
1.2 - Even nuclear families are emotionally joint with help of communication & technological advancements.
2. Individualism over collectivism - suiting individual autonomy eg. occupational choice, male selection, religious ideology; promoted by globalisation.
3. Emergence of 'fictive' lines & community - online communities, professional networks & interest groups eg. fandoms function as alternatives to traditional kinship networks.
4. Increasing trends of inter-caste & inter-religious marriages - as traditional ideals of endogamy take a backseat & idea of homogamy (marriage between individuals of similar thinking, values & ideas) predominate.
5. Democratisation of families - higher role of women in decision making, equal respect as patriarchial notions get dismantled by ideals of equality.
6. Adoptions & IVF treatments have redefined biological cognizant notion of family.
7. Recognition of non-hetero normative kinship forms due to global discourses on gender & sexuality. This has fostered visibility & legitimacy of LGBTQ+ identities in India. eg. increased demand for same sex marriage.
Conclusion
However, many rural & demi urban areas still retain traditional kinship norms where caste & patriarchy dominate. Further technology often supports traditional ideology & practices (eg. caste marriage sites & online pujas).
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