Transnational marriage and the Bangladeshi Muslim diaspora in Britain and the United States
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12720952 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nazli Kibria (0000-0003-0691-0104, Boston University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 227-240 |
| Publication date | 2012-05-10 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Culture and Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1475-5610 • E-ISSN: 1475-5629 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14755610.2012.674957 |
| OpenAlex | W2127421740 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 14 |
Transnational marriage is a practice by which members of diasporas are united in matrimony with persons in the homeland. In this paper, I explore the history and development of transnational marriage in the Bangladeshi Muslim diaspora, specifically among British Bangladeshis and Bangladeshi Americans. A distinct history of migration and settlement has resulted in the particular prominence of transnational marriage in the British Bangladeshi community. In the British national context as well, unlike in the USA, the issue of transnational marriage has been politicised by concerns about forced marriage and the state regulations that have arisen in response to it. These differences of national context are reflected in the greater levels of general acceptance of the idea of transnational marriage among British Bangladeshis. At the same time, across both national settings, second- and third-generation Bangladeshi Muslims are actively engaged in constructing notions of the ‘new’ transnational marriage in which the partner selection process gives considerable autonomy to those involved
Autonomy · Context (archaeology · Diaspora · Homeland · Immigration · Political science · Politics · Settlement (finance · Sociology · State (computer science · Transnationalism · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · History · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration
Endogamy
Couples’ lived experiences and societal reactions to international marriages in Bangladesh
Islamic marriage
Graduating towards marriage? Attitudes towards marriage and relationships among university-educated British Muslim women
Culture-free’ religion
Islam and the family in Bangladesh and the UK
Transnational Marriages on the Decline
Race, Religion, and Geopolitics
Transnational shift
What Makes a Relationship Serious? Race, Religion, and Emotions in South Asian Muslim Immigrants' Romantic Meaning-Making
Becoming modern
Geopolitics and romance
Islamic marriage
U.S. Deportation Policy, Family Separation, and Circular Migration
Global Migrants, Local Lives
Desires under reform
The transnational work of kinship and caring
Migrants, Partner Selection and Integration
Marital Ideoscapes in 21st-Century India
Bengali Muslims
Routes into education and employment for young Pakistani and Bangladeshi women in the UK
Marriage and employment patterns amongst UK-raised Indian, Pakistani, and Bangladeshi women
Diaspora' diasporas' representations of their homelands
| Citations per year | 0.86 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2012 - 2025 (14) |
| Highly cited | No |