Bollywood weddings : dating, engagement, and marriage in Hindu America /
Ramdya, Kavita.
Bollywood weddings : dating, engagement, and marriage in Hindu America / Kavita Ramdya. - Lanham : Lexington Books, c2010. - xxiii, 99 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The marriage market : choosing a suitable boy -- The engagement proposal : to dower or to diamond? -- Wearing ethnicity : the Indian-American Hindu bridal industry -- Pre-wedding rituals : the both/and model -- The wedding day : improvising on Hindu and American traditions.
9780739138540 (cloth : alk. paper) 0739138545
2009039582
Hindu marriage customs and rites--United States.
Hindus--United States.
BL1226.82.M3 / R36 2010
392.5089/91411073
Bollywood weddings : dating, engagement, and marriage in Hindu America / Kavita Ramdya. - Lanham : Lexington Books, c2010. - xxiii, 99 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The marriage market : choosing a suitable boy -- The engagement proposal : to dower or to diamond? -- Wearing ethnicity : the Indian-American Hindu bridal industry -- Pre-wedding rituals : the both/and model -- The wedding day : improvising on Hindu and American traditions.
9780739138540 (cloth : alk. paper) 0739138545
2009039582
Hindu marriage customs and rites--United States.
Hindus--United States.
BL1226.82.M3 / R36 2010
392.5089/91411073