We are Widows, We are Women: On the Oral Histories of Low-caste Indian Widows and How They Maintain a Sense of Self in the Face of Social Role Change

Authors

Suzanne Powell, Brigham Young University
Dr. Charles W. Nuckolls, Brigham Young University

Keywords

widows, women, oral histories, Indian widows, sense of self, Hindu windows

College

Family, Home, and Social Sciences

Department

Anthropology

Abstract

As a student of anthropology, my ORCA grant enabled me to work on analyzing and writing up my results from a field study trip I took during the Fall 2009 semester to Visakhapatnam, India. My study focused on collecting oral histories of Hindu windows living in a fishing village just outside of the city limits. While there, I focused on understanding their lives previous to and after widowhood, what being a widow meant in that society, and how they felt about and reacted to the changes that came into their lives with the deaths of their husbands.

Recommended Citation

Powell, Suzanne and Nuckolls, Dr. Charles W. (2013) "We are Widows, We are Women: On the Oral Histories of Low-caste Indian Widows and How They Maintain a Sense of Self in the Face of Social Role Change," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013: Iss. 1, Article 147.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/147