Research Catalog

Title

(Un)tying the knot : ideal and reality in Asian marriage / edited by Gavin W. Jones & Kamalini Ramdas.

Author

Asia Trends Day (2nd : 2004 : Singapore)

Publication

Singapore : Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore : Distributed for Asia Research Institute by Singapore University Press, 2004.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Jones, Gavin W.
• Ramdas, Kamalini
• National University of Singapore. Asia Research Institute

Description

xiv, 232 p. : ill.; 21 cm.

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."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Asia trends ; 2

Uniform Title

Asia trends 2.

Alternative Title

Untying the knot

Subject

• Marriage > Asia > Congresses
• Divorce > Asia > Congresses

Genre/Form

Conference papers and proceedings

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

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.

ISBN

• 981051428X
• 9789810514281 0

LCCN

^^2005347039

OCLC

• 58536130
• SCSB-10977732

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library