Bartered bridegrooms

Bartered Bridegrooms, Volume 1, provides a profound ethnographic study of Muslim migrant husbands from Pakistan and Kashmir. These men marry British counterparts with the goal of achieving marital and global social mobility. However, this sociology text reveals how these migration and marital journeys often lead to unexpected precarity. Many husbands face vulnerability within their households and employment, with some encountering harrowing forms of domestic violence.

This anthropology and social sciences work examines how these men navigate a hostile British immigration system in both public and private spheres. The research explores how citizenship is utilized as a performance of power within single group identities, shaped by colonial legacies of Britishness. Bartered Bridegrooms offers critical insights into the intersections of emigration, immigration, and marriage and family dynamics. It is a significant contribution to the fields of politics and cultural sociology.