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The ideation and instantiation of arranging marriage within an urban community in Pakistan, 1982–2000

Fischer, Michael D. (2006) The ideation and instantiation of arranging marriage within an urban community in Pakistan, 1982–2000. Contemporary South Asia, 15 (3). pp. 325-339. ISSN 0958-4935. E-ISSN 1469-364X. (doi:10.1080/09584930601098067) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:688)

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Abstract

Using longitudinal data and marriage arrangements in urban Pakistan, this paper discusses the consequences of changes in ideational systems. Merging different theoretical approaches (or cultures) within cultural anthropology, it argues that, while symbol systems are not an analogue of an external world, nevertheless they are effective drivers for how people relate to, adapt to and modify the external relations within which they are embedded. This allows for the accommodation of analytic viewpoints that favour both the symbolic construction of reality and the behavioural relations of how this construction is enacted.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1080/09584930601098067
Uncontrolled keywords: arranged marriage; Pakistan; Greentown
Subjects: G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GN Anthropology
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Anthropology and Conservation
Depositing User: Nicola Kerry-Yoxall
Date Deposited: 19 Dec 2007 18:25 UTC
Last Modified: 27 Feb 2024 12:49 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/688 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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