Marriage, migration and gender
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 in the UK, or Malayali women in Italy, illustrating how marriage migration reflects individual as well as family aspirations for spatial and social mobility. The fluid boundaries between matchmaking and trafficking, as of Bangladeshi or Chinese migrant women, and the political economy of marriage transactions among a range of `economic` migrants-from the Punjab, Andhra Pradesh, and other parts of India-are drawn out. The chapters question conventional dichotomous constructions of emotional versus material considerations in the choice of marriage partner. The implications of migration for conjugal and inter-generational relations, including the increasing distance between natal and marital homes, the intensification of pre-existing socio-cultural faultlines, shifts in culturally normative familial and work roles and the transformation of familial relations have also been addressed. The chapters in the volume highlight the varied forms of women`s agency in marriage and migration strategies.
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| Format: | Texto biblioteca |
| Language: | eng |
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New Delhi, India SAGE Publications IndiA Pvt Ltd
2008
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| Subjects: | Matrimonio, Inmigrantes, Género, Globalización, Violencia doméstica o por razón de sexo, Emigración e inmigración, |
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