International marriage migration: The predicament of culture and its negotiations

Abstract Marriage‐led migration or migration‐led marriage was rarely discussed in public private realms just over two decades ago. However, international (IMM) has become a norm today's globalised world. While substantial body of literature deals with this growing practice, existing does not adequately address the role that ethnicity plays context IMM. The purpose study is to explore question IMM Southeast Asian contexts. It focusses on what we have called ‘predicament ethnicity’ and negotiations around ethnicity, culture identity among couples where at least one partner migrated for marriage. based interviews selected using snowball sampling method demonstrates complex intriguing patterns cultural ethnic between couples.