Arranging Marriage in an Urban Community in Pakistan: 1982-2000
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Following Partition and the formation of Pakistan people have adapted to tremendous changes in their material circumstances and in their political, economic and social life, particularly in urban areas. Important resources that have helped support urban adaptation are the institutions of the family and its reproduction through arranging marriages1. Despite considerable change in the morphology of family and marriage resulting in part from economic and population constraints, I will argue that the core concepts underlying family and marriage have apparently remained stable2.
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