In today's rapidly globalising world, marriage as a contract between two individuals based on love and commitment to each other is increasingly considered a norm. The degree of women's control over their marital decisions and choice of mate, based on individual traits rather than the family's socio-economic status, is seen as a measure of whether a society has embraced modernity. In reality, marriage involves many actors with complex decision-making processes and multiple considerations. In many Asian societies, being and staying married, for both men and women, is a social and family obligation and a criterion of social standing. Kin members, the state, marriage intermediaries (institutional or individual) and commercial sectors are all in...
The global trend of increasing numbers of international couples can also be witnessed in Japan where...
Based on twenty-month multisited ethnography, this dissertation examines contemporary cross-border m...
[[abstract]]This paper gives an overview on international marriage in East and Southeast Asia. It fi...
In today's rapidly globalising world, marriage as a contract between two individuals based on love a...
A growing number of East Asian men marry a bride from a foreign country. In the late 2000s, marriage...
A growing number of East Asian men marry a bride from a foreign country. In the late 2000s, marriage...
This paper examines marriage migration in Asia through the lens of transnationalism. We pull togethe...
Item does not contain fulltextWhile marriage has lost its popularity in many developed countries and...
There have been major changes in aspects of marriage in Asian countries over recent decades. In one ...
This paper examines individualization from the perspective of transnational marriage as a concrete h...
While marriage has lost its popularity in many developed countries and is no longer an obligatory pa...
Much attention has been given recently to the transnational labour migration of Asian women, particu...
A growing number of East Asian men marry a bride from a foreign country. In the late 2000s, marriage...
Developed East Asian countries import a large number of women from abroad as brides every year, alth...
This chapter focuses on a particular group of transnational families in Singapore – those formed thr...
The global trend of increasing numbers of international couples can also be witnessed in Japan where...
Based on twenty-month multisited ethnography, this dissertation examines contemporary cross-border m...
[[abstract]]This paper gives an overview on international marriage in East and Southeast Asia. It fi...
In today's rapidly globalising world, marriage as a contract between two individuals based on love a...
A growing number of East Asian men marry a bride from a foreign country. In the late 2000s, marriage...
A growing number of East Asian men marry a bride from a foreign country. In the late 2000s, marriage...
This paper examines marriage migration in Asia through the lens of transnationalism. We pull togethe...
Item does not contain fulltextWhile marriage has lost its popularity in many developed countries and...
There have been major changes in aspects of marriage in Asian countries over recent decades. In one ...
This paper examines individualization from the perspective of transnational marriage as a concrete h...
While marriage has lost its popularity in many developed countries and is no longer an obligatory pa...
Much attention has been given recently to the transnational labour migration of Asian women, particu...
A growing number of East Asian men marry a bride from a foreign country. In the late 2000s, marriage...
Developed East Asian countries import a large number of women from abroad as brides every year, alth...
This chapter focuses on a particular group of transnational families in Singapore – those formed thr...
The global trend of increasing numbers of international couples can also be witnessed in Japan where...
Based on twenty-month multisited ethnography, this dissertation examines contemporary cross-border m...
[[abstract]]This paper gives an overview on international marriage in East and Southeast Asia. It fi...