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Record Nr.

UNINA9910955277603321

Autore

Williams Lucy, Dr.

Titolo

Global Marriage : Cross-Border Marriage Migration in Global Context / / by Lucy Williams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2010

ISBN

9786612997181

9781282997189

1282997181

9780230283022

0230283020

Edizione

[1st ed. 2010.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (259 p.)

Collana

Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship, , 2662-2610

Disciplina

306.845

Soggetti

Social service

Social policy

Race

Sociology

Social groups

Social structure

Equality

Social Work

Social Policy

Race and Ethnicity Studies

Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging

Social Structure

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography (p. 224-239) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introducing Cross-Border Marriage Migration; 2 Gendering Migration; 3 An Agency Approach to Understanding Marriage Migration; 4 An Overview of Global Cross-Border Marriage Migration; 5 Power, Stigma and Violence in Migration and Cross-Border Marriage; 6 Transnational Marriage within South Asian Communities; 7 Cross-Border Marriages within East Asia; 8



Marriage within Refugee Communities; 9 Migration Regimes and Policy Implications; 10 Migrant Life/Married Life; 11 Conclusion and a Proposed Research Agenda; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The popular imagination of marriage migration has been influenced by stories of marriage of convenience, of forced marriage, trafficking and of so-called mail-order brides. This book presents a uniquely global view of an expanding field that challenges these and other stereotypes of cross-border marriage.