Arranged adopts the language and conventions of a traditional romantic comedy, from the montage of Rochel’s disastrous dates through to the elaborate scheme that Nasira organises …

“Arranged Marriage.” 2024. Chapter 11 in Research Handbook on Partnering across the Life Course, edited by Dimitri Mortelmans, Laura Bernardi, and Brienna Perelli-Harris.

Arranged marriage refers to a marriage where at least one member of the couple has little or no influence on the choice of partner. Cultural norms about love and courtship vary greatly …

Arranged marriage first started with the noble families in Shang Dynasty (1600s-1000s BC) while ordinary people still had some kind of freedom in choosing spouses [Song, 1994].

Arranged marriage is associated in Western political discourse with “forced”, “sham” and transnational.

From the experience of my earlier visit, I decided to include a study of arranged marriages in my project. By this time I had met many Indian couples whose marriages had been arranged and …

Within this broader contemporary discourse about arranged marriage, a distinctive—and perhaps unexpected— thread has emerged: the cultural revival of arranged marriage in rep …