Marital breakdown among British Asians : conjugality, legal pluralism and new kinship /
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| Language: | English |
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This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature,
[2016]
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| Series: | Palgrave Macmillan studies in family and intimate life.
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Table of 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