| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 260 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction: Discursive contexts -- The subject of agency -- "Forced marriage" and a culture of consent -- Britain: the politics of belonging -- The United States and Canada: individual freedom and community -- Regenerating tradition through transnational popular culture -- Conclusion: a cultural studies approach |
| Summary |
Arranged marriage is an institution of global fascination--an object of curiosity, revulsion, outrage, and even envy. Marian Aguiar provides the first sustained analysis of arranged marriage as a transnational cultural phenomenon, revealing how its meaning has been continuously reinvented within the South Asian diaspora of Britain, the United States, and Canada. Aguiar identifies and analyzes representations of arranged marriage in an interdisciplinary set of texts--from literary fiction and Bollywood films, to digital and print media, to contemporary law and policy on forced marriage |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 16, 2018) |
| Subject |
Arranged marriage -- South Asia
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Arranged marriage -- Great Britain
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Arranged marriage -- United States
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Arranged marriage -- Canada
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South Asians -- Great Britain.
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South Asians -- United States.
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South Asians -- Canada
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gender Studies.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Marriage & Family.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Asian -- Indic.
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Arranged marriage
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South Asians
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Canada
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Great Britain
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South Asia
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2017006964 |
| ISBN |
9781452955087 |
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1452955085 |
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9781452955094 |
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1452955093 |
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