Politics of Marriage and Gender: Global Issues in Local Contexts
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Between Care and Criminality
Marriage, Citizenship, and Family in Australian Social Welfare
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CA$53.95
ISBN: 9781978829022
Pub Date: December 2023
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
Between Care and Criminality examines Australian social welfare's encounter with migration and marriage in an era of intensified border control. It offers an in-depth ethnographic account of how social welfare practitioners carry out a migrant-targeted social policy designed to prevent forced marriage in the aftermath of a 2013 law which criminalized the practice.
Between Care and Criminality
Marriage, Citizenship, and Family in Australian Social Welfare
Price:
CA$188.00
ISBN: 9781978829039
Pub Date: December 2023
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
Between Care and Criminality examines Australian social welfare's encounter with migration and marriage in an era of intensified border control. It offers an in-depth ethnographic account of how social welfare practitioners carry out a migrant-targeted social policy designed to prevent forced marriage in the aftermath of a 2013 law which criminalized the practice.
Chinese Marriages in Transition
From Patriarchy to New Familism
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CA$39.95
ISBN: 9781978804661
Pub Date: September 2023
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
Chinese Marriages in Transition documents the nuanced and multidirectional nature of the transformations in Chinese marriage, gender roles, and family. Using complex and large-scale historical national data as well as comprehensive data from multiple countries, Xiaoling Shu and Jingjing Chen demonstrate that Chinese new familism consists of values both old and new.
Chinese Marriages in Transition
From Patriarchy to New Familism
Price:
CA$188.00
ISBN: 9781978804678
Pub Date: September 2023
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
Chinese Marriages in Transition documents the nuanced and multidirectional nature of the transformations in Chinese marriage, gender roles, and family. Using complex and large-scale historical national data as well as comprehensive data from multiple countries, Xiaoling Shu and Jingjing Chen demonstrate that Chinese new familism consists of values both old and new.
Enduring Polygamy
Plural Marriage and Social Change in an African Metropolis
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CA$53.95
ISBN: 9781978831131
Pub Date: April 2023
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
Enduring Polygamy explores sweeping social changes in urban Africa through the lens of plural marriage. The book offers insights into gender dynamics and the cultural, economic, and political factors affecting how, when, and why people marry. The bookoffers an open-minded but unflinching perspective on a contested but resilient form of marriage.
Arranged Marriage
The Politics of Tradition, Resistance, and Change
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CA$59.95
ISBN: 9781978822825
Pub Date: March 2023
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
Arranged Marriage shows how arranged marriage practices have been undergoing transformation; how the gendered and intergenerational politics of agency, consent, and choice work in the contexts of partner choice and management of marriage; and how this type of marriage can be reshaped, reinvented, and reinterpreted flexibly in response to individual, family, religious, class, ethnic and other desires, needs, and constraints.
Arranged Marriage
The Politics of Tradition, Resistance, and Change
Price:
CA$188.00
ISBN: 9781978822832
Pub Date: March 2023
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
Arranged Marriage shows how arranged marriage practices have been undergoing transformation; how the gendered and intergenerational politics of agency, consent, and choice work in the contexts of partner choice and management of marriage; and how this type of marriage can be reshaped, reinvented, and reinterpreted flexibly in response to individual, family, religious, class, ethnic and other desires, needs, and constraints.
Opting Out
Women Messing with Marriage around the World
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CA$53.95
ISBN: 9781978830103
Pub Date: November 2022
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
Opting Out offers sensitive and powerful ethnographic portrayals of women in Africa, Asia, and Latin America who are quietly opting out of marriage. Across these diverse geographic contexts,this edited volume shows that women are the (often unwitting, mostly unacknowledged) protagonists of profound changes in marriage, gender, and kinship.
Islamic Divorce in the Twenty-First Century
A Global Perspective
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CA$53.95
ISBN: 9781978829060
Pub Date: September 2022
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
Islamic Divorce in the 21st Century takes a close look at the ways that Muslims from West Africa to Southeast Asia engage with and navigate Islamic law and other relevant norms during times of marital breakdown in light of twenty-first century challenges and development.
Redefining Multicultural Families in South Korea
Reflections and Future Directions
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CA$53.95
ISBN: 9781978803107
Pub Date: June 2022
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
Redefining Multicultural Families in South Korea: Reflections and Future Directions aims to reinvigorate contemporary discussions about Korean families that include immigrants by expanding the scope of what we consider to be multicultural families to include the families of undocumented migrant workers, divorced marriage immigrants, the families of Korean women with immigrant husbands, and by providing a nuanced look at their lives in Korea, not as newcomers but as first-generation immigrants.
Transnational Marriage and Partner Migration
Constellations of Security, Citizenship, and Rights
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CA$56.95
ISBN: 9781978816701
Pub Date: February 2022
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
This multidisciplinary collection investigates how marriage and partner migration processes have become the object of state scrutiny for control and exclusion in several states around the world. Covering cases across several countries, contributors offer a compelling multidisciplinary perspective on the interplay between security, citizenship and rights as experienced by migrants, policymakers, and actors who negotiate encounters with the state.
The Politics of International Marriage in Japan
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CA$46.95
ISBN: 9781978809017
Pub Date: December 2021
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
Focusing on three cultural/ethnic groups in terms of empirical data - women from the former Soviet Union countries, the Philippines, and Western countries - this book highlights the complex interplay between national, cultural, gender, and ethnicity boundary maintenance that constructs international marriages in Japan at multiple levels, providing a comprehensive account of international marriage in the contemporary Japanese context.
Intimate Connections
Love and Marriage in Pakistan's High Mountains
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CA$46.95
ISBN: 9781978820487
Pub Date: December 2021
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
Intimate Connections dissects changing ideas, feelings, and practices around love, marriage, and respectability in the remote high mountains of northern Pakistan. It offers deep insights into the affective lives of local Shia women, gender practices, and young couples' mobile phone relationships in South Asia as well as in the wider Muslim world.
Global Dynamics of Shi'a Marriages
Religion, Gender, and Belonging
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CA$40.95
ISBN: 9781978818460
Pub Date: October 2021
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
This edited volume brings together contributions of authors who engage with the marriages of Twelver Shi'a Muslims in Iran, Pakistan, Oman, Indonesia, Norway, and the Netherlands. With the wide geographical spread, the book offers the first comparative study of the diverse ways in which Shi'a Muslims enter into marriage.
Marriage, Gender and Refugee Migration
Spousal Relationships among Somali Muslims in the United Kingdom
Price:
CA$61.95
ISBN: 9781978805538
Pub Date: May 2021
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
This ethical and poetical ethnography analyzes the upheavals to gender roles and marital relationships brought about by refugee migration to the UK. Unmoored from the socio-cultural norms that made them men and women, Somali migrants find "everything" to be "different, mixed up, upside down." The book finds that the most significant catalysts for challenging harmful gender practices are a combination of the welfare system and Islamic praxis.
Learning to Love
Arranged Marriages and the British Indian Diaspora
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CA$43.95
ISBN: 9780813599632
Pub Date: March 2021
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
Learning to Love explores the everyday marriage narratives of the British-Indian diaspora. It unpacks the phenomenon of arranged marriages beyond its pejorative stereotypes by highlighting the diversity of interpersonal and emotional negotiations involved in their practice. Using in-depth ethnographic description, the book shows that far from being a homogeneous tradition, arranged marriages involve a variety of different matchmaking practices modified to suit modern diasporic identities.
Between Care and Criminality
Marriage, Citizenship, and Family in Australian Social Welfare
CA$53.95
ISBN: 9781978829022
Pub Date: December 2023
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
Between Care and Criminality
Marriage, Citizenship, and Family in Australian Social Welfare
CA$188.00
ISBN: 9781978829039
Pub Date: December 2023
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
Chinese Marriages in Transition
From Patriarchy to New Familism
CA$39.95
ISBN: 9781978804661
Pub Date: September 2023
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
Chinese Marriages in Transition
From Patriarchy to New Familism
CA$188.00
ISBN: 9781978804678
Pub Date: September 2023
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
Enduring Polygamy
Plural Marriage and Social Change in an African Metropolis
CA$53.95
ISBN: 9781978831131
Pub Date: April 2023
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
Enduring Polygamy explores sweeping social changes in urban Africa through the lens of plural marriage. The book offers insights into gender dynamics and the cultural, economic, and political factors affecting how, when, and why people marry. The bookoffers an open-minded but unflinching perspective on a contested but resilient form of marriage.
Arranged Marriage
The Politics of Tradition, Resistance, and Change
CA$59.95
ISBN: 9781978822825
Pub Date: March 2023
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
Arranged Marriage
The Politics of Tradition, Resistance, and Change
CA$188.00
ISBN: 9781978822832
Pub Date: March 2023
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
Opting Out
Women Messing with Marriage around the World
CA$53.95
ISBN: 9781978830103
Pub Date: November 2022
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
Islamic Divorce in the Twenty-First Century
A Global Perspective
CA$53.95
ISBN: 9781978829060
Pub Date: September 2022
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
Redefining Multicultural Families in South Korea
Reflections and Future Directions
CA$53.95
ISBN: 9781978803107
Pub Date: June 2022
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
Transnational Marriage and Partner Migration
Constellations of Security, Citizenship, and Rights
CA$56.95
ISBN: 9781978816701
Pub Date: February 2022
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
The Politics of International Marriage in Japan
CA$46.95
ISBN: 9781978809017
Pub Date: December 2021
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
Intimate Connections
Love and Marriage in Pakistan's High Mountains
CA$46.95
ISBN: 9781978820487
Pub Date: December 2021
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
Global Dynamics of Shi'a Marriages
Religion, Gender, and Belonging
CA$40.95
ISBN: 9781978818460
Pub Date: October 2021
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
Marriage, Gender and Refugee Migration
Spousal Relationships among Somali Muslims in the United Kingdom
CA$61.95
ISBN: 9781978805538
Pub Date: May 2021
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
Learning to Love
Arranged Marriages and the British Indian Diaspora
CA$43.95
ISBN: 9780813599632
Pub Date: March 2021
Imprint: Rutgers University Press