Vulnerable Brides and Transnational Ghar Damads: Gender, Risk and 'Adjustment' among Pakistani Marriage Migrants to Britain

Katharine A H Charsley

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Vulnerable Brides and Transnational Ghar Damads: Gender, Risk and 'Adjustment' among Pakistani Marriage Migrants to Britain

Katharine A H Charsley

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Abstract

According to the 2001 Census, Britain is now home to 747,285 people who describe their ethnic group as ‘Pakistani’. A large proportion of these are the British-born children and grandchildren of labour migrants from Pakistan, who responded to the need for industrial workers to rebuild the British economy in the years following Second World War. After the immigration reforms of 1962 restricted the right of Commonwealth citizens to move to Britain, family reunification became the primary means for continued immigration from Pakistan, encouraging men to bring their wives and children to join them...

Translated title of the contribution	Vulnerable Brides and Transnational Ghar Damad: Gender, Risk and 'Adjustment' among Pakistani Marriage Migrants to Britain. In (eds) pp
Original language	English
Title of host publication	Marriage, Migration and Gender
Subtitle of host publication	Women and Migration in Asia
Editors	Rajni Palriwala, Patricia R Uberoi
Publisher	SAGE Publications Ltd
Pages	261-285
Number of pages	25
Volume	5
ISBN (Print)	9788132111863, 9780761936756
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4135/9788132100324.n10
Publication status	Published - 15 Apr 2008

Research Groups and Themes

Migration Mobilities Bristol
Migration
Transnational
Marriage
Gender
SPAIS Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship
Gender and Sexualities Research Centre

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Migration
Marriage
Gender

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Vulnerable Brides and Transnational Ghar Damads: Gender, Risk and 'Adjustment' among Pakistani Marriage Migrants to Britain
Charsley, K. A. H., Oct 2005, In: Indian Journal of Gender Studies. 12, p. 381-406 26 p.
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Vulnerable Brides and Transnational Ghar Damads: Gender, Risk and 'Adjustment' among Pakistani Marriage Migrants to Britain

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