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1. 'Education makes you have more say in the way your life goes': Indian women and arranged marriages in the United Kingdom.

Author

Bhopal, Kalwant

Subjects
ARRANGED marriage, INDIAN women (Asians), BRITISH education system, SOCIAL capital, GROUP identity, HIGHER education, HISTORY
Abstract

This paper explores Indian women's views on arranged marriages in the United Kingdom. It is based on research carried out with 32 Indian women studying at a university in the South East of England, UK. The article draws on Wenger's social theory of learning to explore how Indian women's participation in communities of practice in higher education contributes to their participation in arranged marriages. The concept of 'social capital' is used to discuss how women are able to negotiate their participation in arranged marriages, It is used to examine the knowledge and identity resources that women develop through their participation in higher education, which provides them with the means from which to develop the necessary 'bridging ties' leading to their active participation in the wider South Asian community. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2011
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2. ‘Education makes you have more say in the way your life goes’: Indian women and arranged marriages in the United Kingdom

Author

Kalwant Bhopal

Subjects
Sociology and Political Science, Higher education, business.industry, media_common.quotation_subject, Immigration, Identity (social science), Gender studies, Education, Arranged Marriage, film.subject, Negotiation, Kingdom, film, Sociology, business, media_common, Social theory, Social capital
Abstract

This paper explores Indian women’s views on arranged marriages in the United Kingdom. It is based on research carried out with 32 Indian women studying at a university in the South East of England, UK. The article draws on Wenger’s social theory of learning to explore how Indian women’s participation in communities of practice in higher education contributes to their participation in arranged marriages. The concept of ‘social capital’ is used to discuss how women are able to negotiate their participation in arranged marriages, It is used to examine the knowledge and identity resources that women develop through their participation in higher education, which provides them with the means from which to develop the necessary ‘bridging ties’ leading to their active participation in the wider South Asian community.

Published
2011