Arranging marriage : conjugal agency in the South Asian diaspora

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Arranged marriage is an institution of global fascination--an object of curiosity, revulsion, outrage, and even envy. Marian Aguiar provides the first sustained analysis of arranged marriage as a transnational cultural phenomenon, revealing how its meaning has been continuously reinvented within the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Aguiar, Marian (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Arranged marriage > South Asia.
Arranged marriage > Great Britain.
Arranged marriage > United States.
Arranged marriage > Canada.
South Asians > Great Britain.
South Asians > United States.
South Asians > Canada.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gender Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Marriage & Family.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Asian > Indic.
Arranged marriage
South Asians
Canada
Great Britain
South Asia
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Discursive contexts
  • The subject of agency
  • "Forced marriage" and a culture of consent
  • Britain: the politics of belonging
  • The United States and Canada: individual freedom and community
  • Regenerating tradition through transnational popular culture
  • Conclusion: a cultural studies approach.

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