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By Katharine Charsley

Since regulations on commonwealth labour immigration to Britain within the Nineteen Sixties, marriage has been the dominant kind of migration among Pakistan and the united kingdom. such a lot transnational Pakistani marriages are among cousins or different extra far-off family members, lending a specific texture to this transnational social box. in line with study in Britain and Pakistan, this publication offers a rounded portrayal incorporating the emotional motivations for, and content material of, those transnational unions.


The e-book explores the stories of households and participants concerned, together with the ignored reviews of migrant husbands, and charts the administration of the hazards of contracting transnational marriages, in addition to reading the implications in circumstances whilst marriages run into clash. both, despite the fact that, the ebook explores the points of interest of marrying ‘back home’, and the function of transnational marriage in preserving bonds among humans and areas. Marriage emerges as a very important, yet dynamic and contested, component of Pakistani transnational connections.


This publication is of curiosity to scholars and students within the fields of migration experiences, kinship/the relatives and South Asian stories, in addition to social paintings, relations legislations and immigration.

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