Marital breakdown among British Asians : conjugality, legal pluralism and new kinship /: conjugality, legal pluralism and new kinship. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Kaveri Qureshi.
• Authors: Qureshi, Kaveri
• Contents: Dedication; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; 1: Introduction; A Rise in Marital Breakdown; Catching Up?; Conjugality; Legal Pluralism; New Kinship; Research Setting; Methods and Analysis; Outline of the Book; References; Part I: Grounds for Conflict; 2: Storying Marital Conflict; Naila; Afzal; Kulsoom; Conclusion; References; 3: Explanations for Divorce; Divorces Past and Present; Lack of Commitment; Not Putting Up with Any More; Sexual Unfairness and Infidelity; Wanting Love and Not Getting It; Conclusion; References; Part II: Staying Together. 4: Family Mediation Kinship Support in Arranged Marriages; Pragmatism; Love Marriages; Conclusion; References; 5: Estrangements, Separations and Yoyo Marriages; Estrangements; Separations; Yoyo Marriages; Spiralling Marriages; Conclusion; References; Part III: Splitting Up; 6: Sharia; Talaaq; Women Satisfied with a Civil Divorce; A Khula Outside the Sharia Council; A Khula Through a Sharia Council; Forum-Shopping; Conclusion; References; 7: English Law; Disempowerment; Legal Translations; Self-Representation, Family Mediation and an Insider Barrister; Conclusion; References. Part IV: Rebuilding Families8: Staying Single; Standing on My Own Feet; What Can a Man Give Me?; Natal Families and Friendship; Life Without a Wife; Conclusion; References; 9: Remarriage; A Chance to Have Things Your Way; Choice and Family Approval; The Gamble; Conclusion; References; 10: Children and Stepfamilies; Ex-spouses Negotiating Parenting; Stepfamilies; Blood; Marriage; Conclusion; References; 11: Conclusion; Conjugality; Legal Pluralism; New Kinship; Questions That Remain; References; Glossary; Index.
• Publisher Details: Oxford, UK : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvii, 324 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 306.872; Marital conflict -- Great Britain; Asians -- Great Britain; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture; Asians; Marital conflict; Great Britain; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137570475; 1137570474
• Related ISBNs: 1137570466; 9781137570468
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 24, 2017).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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