Marrying for a Future

Transnational Sri Lankan Tamil Marriages in the Shadow of War

By: Sidharthan Maunaguru, Padma Kaimal (Editor)

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Paperback | 27 March 2019

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202 Pages

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The civil war between the Sri Lankan state and Tamil militants, which ended in 2009, lasted more than three decades and led to mass migration, mainly to India, Canada, England, and continental Europe. In Marrying for a Future, Sidharthan Maunaguru argues that the social institution of marriage has emerged as a critical means of building alliances between dispersed segments of Tamil communities, allowing scattered groups to reunite across national borders. Maunaguru explores how these fragmented communities were rekindled by connections fostered by key participants in and elements of the marriage process, such as wedding photographers, marriage brokers, legal documents, and transit places.

Marrying for a Future contributes to transnational and diaspora marriage studies by looking at the temporary spaces through which migrants and refugees travel in addition to their home and host countries. It provides a new conceptual framework for studies on kinship and marriage and addresses a community that has been separated across borders as a result of war.

Industry Reviews

"Brilliant . . . The book is a clear, fresh portrait of the Tamil community as phoenix; [Maunaguru's] fieldwork is a carefully observed aggregation of community tendernesses in the face of the often-cold bureaucracies around migration and marriage."

-- V.V. Ganeshananthan * Himal Southasian magazine *

"Sidharthan Maunaguru's evocative ethnography is both modern and classic."

* Contributions to Indian Sociology *

"[I]nsightful and innovative."

* South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies *

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