Arranged Marriage
The Politics of Tradition, Resistance, and Change
By Asha L. Abeyasekera, Christina Julios, Helena Zeweri, Marian Aguiar, Noorfarah Merali, Pan Wang, Péter Berta, Raksha Pande, Schirin Vahle, Serena Petrella, Shalini Grover, Sima Zalcberg Block, Yafa Shanneik | Publisher: Rutgers University Press
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Arranged Marriage: The Politics of Tradition, Resistance, and Change shows how arranged marriage practices have been undergoing transformation as a result of global and other processes such as the revolution of digital technology, democratization of transnational mobility, or shifting significance of patriarchal power structures. The ethnographically informed chapters not only highlight how the gendered and intergenerational politics of agency, autonomy, choice, consent, and intimacy work in the contexts of partner choice and management of marriage, but also point out that arranged marriages are increasingly varied and they can be reshaped, reinvented, and reinterpreted flexibly in response to individual, family, religious, class, ethnic, and other desires, needs, and constraints. The authors convincingly demonstrate that a nuanced investigation of the reasons, complex dynamics, and consequences of arranged marriages offers a refreshing analytical lens that can significantly contribute to a deeper understanding of other phenomena such as globalization, modernization, and international migration as well as patriarchal value regimes, intergenerational power imbalances, and gendered subordination and vulnerability of women.
Editions of Arranged Marriage
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- ISBN 9781978822849
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- ISBN 9781978822863
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Arranged Marriage: The Politics of Tradition, Resistance, and Change shows how arranged marriage practices have been undergoing transformation as a result of global and other processes such as the revolution of digital technology, democratization of transnational mobility, or shifting significance of patriarchal power structures. The ethnographically informed chapters not only highlight how the gendered and intergenerational politics of agency, autonomy, choice, consent, and intimacy work in the contexts of partner choice and management of marriage, but also point out that arranged marriages are increasingly varied and they can be reshaped, reinvented, and reinterpreted flexibly in response to individual, family, religious, class, ethnic, and other desires, needs, and constraints. The authors convincingly demonstrate that a nuanced investigation of the reasons, complex dynamics, and consequences of arranged marriages offers a refreshing analytical lens that can significantly contribute to a deeper understanding of other phenomena such as globalization, modernization, and international migration as well as patriarchal value regimes, intergenerational power imbalances, and gendered subordination and vulnerability of women.
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Arranged Marriage: The Politics of Tradition, Resistance, and Change shows how arranged marriage practices have been undergoing transformation as a result of global and other processes such as the revolution of digital technology, democratization of transnational mobility, or shifting significance of patriarchal power structures. The ethnographically informed chapters not only highlight how the gendered and intergenerational politics of agency, autonomy, choice, consent, and intimacy work in the contexts of partner choice and management of marriage, but also point out that arranged marriages are increasingly varied and they can be reshaped, reinvented, and reinterpreted flexibly in response to individual, family, religious, class, ethnic, and other desires, needs, and constraints. The authors convincingly demonstrate that a nuanced investigation of the reasons, complex dynamics, and consequences of arranged marriages offers a refreshing analytical lens that can significantly contribute to a deeper understanding of other phenomena such as globalization, modernization, and international migration as well as patriarchal value regimes, intergenerational power imbalances, and gendered subordination and vulnerability of women.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Arranged Marriage?
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Where can I read a sample of Arranged Marriage?
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Is Arranged Marriage part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?
Yes it is a part of series Politics of Marriage and Gender: Global Issues in Local Contexts
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Arranged Marriage?
Asha L. Abeyasekera, Christina Julios, Helena Zeweri, Marian Aguiar, Noorfarah Merali, Pan Wang, Péter Berta, Raksha Pande, Schirin Vahle, Serena Petrella, Shalini Grover, Sima Zalcberg Block, Yafa Shanneik
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Arranged Marriage is available as paperback(ISBN 9781978822825) and ebook(ISBN 9781978822849) and pdf(ISBN 9781978822863)
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