Global Marriage: Cross-Border Marriage Migration in Global Context (Migration, Minorities and Citizenship)

From the publisher. 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 Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 8 Acknowledgements......Page 9 1 Introducing Cross-Border Marriage Migration......Page 10 2 Gendering Migration......Page 28 3 An Agency Approach to Understanding Marriage Migration......Page 43 4 An Overview of Global Cross-Border Marriage Migration......Page 61 5 Power, Stigma and Violence in Migration and Cross-Border Marriage......Page 83 6 Transnational Marriage within South Asian Communities......Page 108 7 Cross-Border Marriages within East Asia......Page 129 8 Marriage within Refugee Communities......Page 150 9 Migration Regimes and Policy Implications......Page 171 10 Migrant Life/Married Life......Page 191 11 Conclusion and a Proposed Research Agenda......Page 213 Notes......Page 231 Bibliography......Page 233 Index......Page 249