Perceptions of Arranged Marriages by Young Pakistani Muslim Women Living in a Western Society

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ID2987472
AuthorsArshia U Zaidi (0000-0002-5196-2942, University of Windsor), Muhammad Shuraydi (University of Windsor)
Year2002
Volume33
Issue4
Pages495-514
Publication date2002-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Comparative Family Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0047-2328 • E-ISSN: 1929-9850
PublisherUniversity of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3138/jcfs.33.4.495
OpenAlexW1953591710
LanguageEN
Citations received34
References cited20

Exploration of attitudes towards arranged marriages were examined from the perspective of second generation Pakistani Muslim women living in a western society. Symbolic Interactionism and Interpretive Interactionism were the theoretical and methodological considerations respectively. Twenty single females, between the ages of 16 to 30 years, living in Canada or the United States, were interviewed utilizing an unstructured schedule interview. The main research question addressed the role of western values in influencing mate-selection practices. Other questions centred around the Pakistani women's definition of the situation with regards to arranged marriages.***The results indicated that even though Pakistani parents, especially fathers, are perceived to be resistant to cultural change, western values are playing a determining role in the process of mate-selection for second generation Pakistani Muslim females. Most Pakistani women are adapting and modifying attitudes which reflect the ideas of western ideology of greater self-expression and personal gratification

Gratification · Ideology · Interactionism · Perception · Perspective (graphical) · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Symbolic interactionism · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Gender Studies · Marriage and Sexual Relationships · Psychology · Social Psychology

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