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This book examines transnational marriage abandonment as gendered violence, drawing on India–UK research to reveal how legal gaps and migration regimes leave women without rights, and outlining policy and legal responses.
Price: $127.95
Pages: 208
Publisher: Bristol University Press
Imprint: Bristol University Press
Publication Date:
01 July 2027
ISBN: 9781529250268
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, Domestic abuse, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Immigration & Emigration, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, Migration, immigration and emigration, Gender studies: women and girls
1. Introduction
2. Gender, Violence and Citizenship
3. Marriage, Migration and Gendered Political Economy of Transnational Marriages
4. A Continuum of Neglect, Abuse and Violence
5. Appropriation and Exploitation of Women’s Bodies and Re/Productive Labour
6. Dowry Related Abuse and Extortion in Transnational Marriages
7. Abandonment in Transnational Marriages and Gendered Legal Subjects/Citizens
8. Legal and Policy Responses to Transnational Marriage Abandonment
9. Conclusion