12. The Changing Face of Arranged Marriage in the South Asian Diaspora in Chicago

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Series Foreword ix
4. Introduction: Conceptualizing Arranged Marriage – From Binary Oppositions to Hybridity, Processuality, and Contextual Dependency 1
5. Part I: Regulating Arranged Marriage
6. 1. Nothing “Celestial” about It: Trafficking Underage Brides between Canada and the United States for the Purposes of Arranged Marriage 33
7. 2. From Family Safety Net to the World Wide Web of Immigration Fraudsters: The Evolution of Arranged Marriages among South Asian Canadians 48
8. Part II: (Re)conceptualizing Arranged Marriage
9. 3. Arranged Marriage as a Process: From Premarital Normalization of Arranged Marriage to Arranged Divorce and Arranged Remarriage 67
10. 4. Configuring Arranged Marriage as a Foil to Forced Marriage in Multicultural Australia 91
11. 5. Forced Marriage and “Honor”-Based Violence in Britain: Issues, Debates, and the Question of Consent 108
12. Part III: Revitalizing and Reinventing Arranged Marriage
13. 6 Revisiting Transnational Arranged Marriages among Syrian Refugees in Germany: A Relational Approach 125
14. 7. From Patriarchal Call to Digital Hunt: Transforming “Arranged Marriages” in China 141
15. Part IV: Modernizing Arranged Marriage
16. 8. Family-Arranged Marriages in Globalizing India: Shifting Scripts of Desire, Infidelity, and Emotional Compatibility 159
17. 9. Progressive Traditions, Repressive Victorians, and the Modern Present: Arranged Marriage and Gender in Sri Lanka 175
18. 10. “I Wanted to Choose for Myself”: Changing Marriage Patterns in the Ultra-Orthodox Society in Israel 190
19. Part V: Diasporizing Arranged Marriage
20. 11. Wedded to Tradition? Continuity and Change in Arranged Marriage Practices among British Indians 209
21. 12. The Changing Face of Arranged Marriage in the South Asian Diaspora in Chicago 224
22. Afterword 241
23. Acknowledgments 255
24. Notes on Contributors 257
25. Index 263