South Asian Families in Diaspora: retreat from Marriage, myth or reality?

Rashmi Singla

South Asian Families in Diaspora: retreat from Marriage, myth or reality?

Rashmi Singla

Childhood, Youth and Family Life Research

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Abstract

South Asian Family in Diaspora: Retreat from marriage, myth or reality?

This paper proposes to explore the dynamics of close ties in the South Asian families in the Nordic countries, especially Denmark through intimate partnership formation in the context of late modern societal discourse of detraditionalisation.

The basis for exploration is primarily a empirical follow up study about young adults´ life trajectories combined with some statistical data about the intimate partnership formation patterns. The study includes ethnic minority and ethnic majority young adults (n= 9) and addresses the dominant discourse. The interplay between institutionalised individualism and interconnectedness is studied through vertical and horizontal relationships within the socio-cultural psychological framework combining intersectionality conceptualisation with life course perspectives.

The findings point to a complex picture which challenges the simplified understanding of institutionalised individualism for these young adults and directs attention towards multiple modes of forming intimate relationships in a diaspora context, indicating continuity with as well as changes from the parental modes.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Book of Abstracts of the 19th International Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology,
Editors	Franziska Deutsch, Lidet Tadesse, Naatalie Schnelle, Jessica Price
Number of pages	1
Publisher	Jacobs University
Publication date	2008
Pages	411
Publication status	Published - 2008
Event	Crossing Borders: (CRoss) Cultural Psychology as an Interdisciplinary Multi-Method Endeavour, July 29-31 - Jacobs University, Germany Duration: 29 Jul 2008 → 31 Jul 2008 Conference number: 19th

Conference

Conference	Crossing Borders: (CRoss) Cultural Psychology as an Interdisciplinary Multi-Method Endeavour, July 29-31
Number	19th
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Jacobs University
Period	29/07/2008 → 31/07/2008

Keywords

close ties
detraditionalisation discourse
institutionalised individualism
interconnectedness
multiple modes

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Singla, R 2008, South Asian Families in Diaspora: retreat from Marriage, myth or reality? in F Deutsch, L Tadesse, N Schnelle & J Price (eds), Book of Abstracts of the 19th International Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology,. Jacobs University, pp. 411, Crossing Borders: (CRoss) Cultural Psychology as an Interdisciplinary Multi-Method Endeavour, July 29-31, Jacobs University, Germany, 29/07/2008.

South Asian Families in Diaspora: retreat from Marriage, myth or reality? / Singla, Rashmi.
Book of Abstracts of the 19th International Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology,. ed. / Franziska Deutsch; Lidet Tadesse; Naatalie Schnelle; Jessica Price. Jacobs University, 2008. p. 411.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference abstract in proceedings › Research

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