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Marriage, migration and gender / editors, Rajni Palriwala, Patricia Uberoi.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Women and migration in Asia ; v. 5.
- Women and migration in Asia ; v. 5
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Intercountry marriage.
- Marriage brokerage.
- Arranged marriage.
- Asians--Foreign countries.
- Asians.
- Women immigrants--Social conditions.
- Women immigrants.
- Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.
- Emigration and immigration.
- Globalization--Social aspects.
- Globalization.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (359 p.).
- Place of Publication:
- New Delhi ; London : SAGE, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Marriage, Migration and Gender brings a gender-sensitive and comparative. perspective to bear on Asian peoples` migration experiences, both within and across. national borders. It seeks to examine how the institution of marriage may affect. or enable women`s and men`s migration, as well as the impact of migration, state. laws and immigration procedures on the marriage, family and kinship networks of. Asian migrants. Migration and marriage strategies are discussed through detailed case studies,. whether of Filipina (allegedly `mail-order`) brides, transnational Tamil Brahmins,. Pakistani grooms
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Series Introduction; Acknowledgements; Exploring the Links: Gender Issues in Marriage and Migration; Marriage Migration in China: The Enlargement of Marriage Markets in the Era of Market Reforms; Bridal Diaspora: Migration and Marriage Among Filipino Women; 'America Varan' Marriages among Tamil Brahmans: Preferences, Strategies and Outcomes; Commercially Arranged Marriage Migration: Case Studies of Cross-Border Marriages in Taiwan; Bangladeshi Girls Sold as Wives in North India; Unorthodox Sisters: Gender Relations and Generational Change among Malayali Migrants in Italy
- Marriage, Money and Gender: A Case Study of the Migrant Indian Community in CanadaGender, Dowry and the Migration System of Indian Information Technology Professionals; Vulnerable Brides and Transnational Ghar Damads: Gender, Risk and 'Adjustment' among Pakistani Marriage Migrants to Britain; Marriage and Migration through the Life Course: Experiences of Widowhood, Separation and Divorce amongst Transnational Sikh Women; Domestic Violence and the Indian Diaspora in the United States; Child Custody Cases in the Context of International Migration; About the Editors and Contributors; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786611963682
- 9789352801398
- 9352801393
- 9788132111863
- 8132111869
- 9781281963680
- 1281963682
- 9788132100324
- 8132100328
- OCLC:
- 476230919
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