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.