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Bollywood Weddings: Dating, Engagement, and Marriage in Hindu America |  | Author: Kavita Ramdya
Publisher: Lexington Books
List Price: $55.00
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Media: Hardcover
Pages: 140
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.2 x 0.6
ISBN: 0739138545
Dewey Decimal Number: 392.508991411073
EAN: 9780739138540
ASIN: 0739138545
Publication Date: December 16, 2009
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Bollywood Weddings examines how middle to upper class second-generation Indian-American Hindus negotiate wedding rituals, including the dating and engagement processes. Many of these couples are (in Ramdya's neologism) "occasional Hindus" who display their Hindu religious background only on important occasions such as the rite of passage that is marriage. These couples (and their extended families) negotiate two vastly different cultures and sets of values inside a community that has itself largely pre-determined how to mix American and Indian/Hindu elements into this ritual. As a rule, the first generation organizes the wedding, which is largely Hindu, and their children coordinate the American-style reception. Instead of choosing either India or America, or arriving at a compromise in between the two, this community takes a "both/and" approach, embracing both cultures simultaneously.
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