Learning to Love
Arranged Marriages and the British Indian Diaspora
By Raksha Pande | Publisher: Rutgers University Press
About the book
Learning to Love moves beyond the media and policy stereotypes that conflate arranged marriages with forced marriages. Using in-depth interviews and participant observations, this book assembles a rich and diverse array of everyday marriage narratives and trajectories and highlights how considerations of romantic love are woven into traditional arranged marriage practices. It shows that far from being a homogeneous tradition, arranged marriages involve a variety of different matchmaking practices where each family tailors its own cut-and-paste version of British-Indian arranged marriages to suit modern identities and ambitions. Pande argues that instead of being wedded to traditions, people in the British-Indian diaspora have skillfully adapted and negotiated arranged marriage cultural norms to carve out an identity narrative that portrays them as \"modern and progressive migrants\"–ones who are changing with the times and cultivating transnational forms of belonging.
Editions of Learning to Love
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780813599632
- EBook
- ISBN 9780813599656
- PDF
- ISBN 9780813599670
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Learning to Love moves beyond the media and policy stereotypes that conflate arranged marriages with forced marriages. Using in-depth interviews and participant observations, this book assembles a rich and diverse array of everyday marriage narratives and trajectories and highlights how considerations of romantic love are woven into traditional arranged marriage practices. It shows that far from being a homogeneous tradition, arranged marriages involve a variety of different matchmaking practices where each family tailors its own cut-and-paste version of British-Indian arranged marriages to suit modern identities and ambitions. Pande argues that instead of being wedded to traditions, people in the British-Indian diaspora have skillfully adapted and negotiated arranged marriage cultural norms to carve out an identity narrative that portrays them as \"modern and progressive migrants\"–ones who are changing with the times and cultivating transnational forms of belonging.
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What is Learning to Love about?
Learning to Love moves beyond the media and policy stereotypes that conflate arranged marriages with forced marriages. Using in-depth interviews and participant observations, this book assembles a rich and diverse array of everyday marriage narratives and trajectories and highlights how considerations of romantic love are woven into traditional arranged marriage practices. It shows that far from being a homogeneous tradition, arranged marriages involve a variety of different matchmaking practices where each family tailors its own cut-and-paste version of British-Indian arranged marriages to suit modern identities and ambitions. Pande argues that instead of being wedded to traditions, people in the British-Indian diaspora have skillfully adapted and negotiated arranged marriage cultural norms to carve out an identity narrative that portrays them as \"modern and progressive migrants\"–ones who are changing with the times and cultivating transnational forms of belonging.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Learning to Love?
Society and Social Sciences > Sociology and anthropology > Sociology > Sociology: family, kinship and relationships
Where can I read a sample of Learning to Love?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780813599632
Is Learning to Love 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 Learning to Love?
Raksha Pande
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Learning to Love is available as paperback(ISBN 9780813599632) and ebook(ISBN 9780813599656) and pdf(ISBN 9780813599670)
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