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Becoming modern: British-Indian discourses of arranged marriages
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Pande, Raksha |
| Copyright Year | 2016 |
| Abstract | AbstractThis article looks at the various ways in which arranged marriage is practised among members of the British-Indian population. It argues against a singular definition of this practice by highlighting the diversity of routes that lead to an arranged marriage. It also makes a case for understanding arranged marriage as a discursive practice which represents the British-Indian views on matchmaking and kinship. Drawing upon original empirical research conducted in the north-east of England, the article presents a ‘spectrum of arranged marriage’ practices that was prevalent among its practitioners. It highlights that the attraction of this institution lies in the elastic nature of the traditions associated with it. Finally, it proposes that the various discourses of arranged marriage are employed by British-Indians to interpret and tailor-make this traditional practice to carve out hyphenated identities such as British-Indian and other transnational forms of belonging. They achieve this by incorporatin... |
| Starting Page | 380 |
| Ending Page | 400 |
| Page Count | 21 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1080/14649365.2015.1075581 |
| Volume Number | 17 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://eprint.ncl.ac.uk/file_store/production/215653/55F837BB-55ED-41B5-B7EF-5C8CA1CD6C25.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1080/14649365.2015.1075581 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
