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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Aguiar, Marian (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2018]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
South Asians.
Arranged marriage.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Asian > Indic.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Marriage & Family.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gender Studies.
Sud-Asiatiques > Canada.
Sud-Asiatiques > États-Unis.
Mariage arrange > Canada.
Mariage arrange > États-Unis.
Mariage arrange > Grande-Bretagne.
Mariage arrange > Asie meridionale.
South Asians > Canada.
South Asians > United States.
South Asians > Great Britain.
Arranged marriage > Canada.
Arranged marriage > United States.
Arranged marriage > Great Britain.
Arranged marriage > South Asia.
United States.
South Asia.
Great Britain.
Canada.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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