Not "when to marry" but "whether to marry" : the changing context of marriage decisions in East and Southeast Asia / Gavin W. Jones -- Yeh shaadi nahin ho sakti! ("This wedding cannot happen!") : romance and marriage in contemporary Hindi cinema / Rachel Dwyer -- Indian marriages : economic independence and changing power relations / Ranjana Kumari -- Marriage, polygyny and divorce within the Malaysian Muslim community / Nik Noriani bt Nik Badli Shah -- Muslim divorces in Singapore : social support and "rocky" marriages / Mohamad Maliki Osman -- From Kartini to Ayu Utami : one hundred years of women's struggle on marriage / Nursyahbani Katjasungkana -- Marriage migration of women from China and Southeast Asia to Taiwan / Ching-lung Tsay -- Bride pride and grooming prejudices : race matters in marriage / Nirmala PuruShotam
Summary
"(Un)tying the Knot is a collection of essays by scholars and social activists exploring aspects of marriage and divorce in Southeast and East Asia, India and beyond."--BOOK JACKET
Analysis
Asian marriage
Notes
The papers in this book were written for the Asia Research Institute's second Asia Trends Day held on 27 August 2004 in Singapore
