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Despite active scholarly interest in the phenomenon of cross-border marriage migration between Southeast and East Asia—a majority of which marriages are between men from wealthier regions and women from regions that are less economically developed—we know very little about who these women are and why they choose to marry and migrate. This volume provides an overview of the demographic patterns and social issues related to cross-border marriage in the past two decades, as well as case studies that consider the living experiences and strategies of cross-border families in the host societies, sending communities, and transnational networks of nations like Japan, South, Korea, Thailand, and Vietnam.
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p u b l i c at i o n s s e r i e s Edited Volumes 2 Wen-Shan Yang is researcher fellow at the Institute of Sociology of Academia Sinica in Taipei, Taiwan. Melody Chia-Wen Lu is research fellow at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore and the International Institute for Asian Studies, the Netherlands. isbn 978 90 8964 054 3 amsterdam university press www.aup.nl Asian Cross-border Marriage Migration › Wen-Shan Yang and Melody Lu (eds.) Asian Cross-border Marriage Migration: Demographic Patterns and Social Issues is an interdisciplinary and comparative study on the rapid increase of the intra-Asia flow of cross-border marriage migration. This book contains in-depth research conducted by scholars in the fields of demography, sociology, anthropology and pedagogy, including demographic studies based on large-scale surveys on migration and marital patterns as well as case studies on migrants’ living experiences and strategies. Together these papers examine and challenge the existing assumptions in immigration policies and popular discourse and lay the foundation for further comparative research. With diversified methodologies and approaches, this volume will interest students and researchers of migration and gender studies. It also informs policy-makers and concerned civil society groups and practitioners. Asian Cross-border Marriage Migration Demographic Patterns and Social Issues Edited by Wen-Sh a n Ya ng a nd Melody Chi a-Wen Lu 9 789089 640543 amsterdam university press Asian Cross-border Marriage Migration Publications Series General Editor Paul van der Velde Publications Officer Martina van den Haak Editorial Board Prasenjit Duara (University of Chicago) / Carol Gluck (Columbia University) / Christophe Jaffrelot (Centre d’E´tudes et de Recherches Internationales-Sciencespo) / Victor T. King (University of Hull) / Yuri Sadoi (Meijo University) / A.B. Shamsul (Institute of Occidental Studies / Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia) / Henk Schulte Nordholt (Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies) / Wim Boot (Leiden University) The IIAS Publications Series consists of Monographs and Edited Volumes. The Series publishes results of research projects conducted at the International Institute for Asian Studies. Furthermore, the aim of the Series is to promote interdisciplinary studies on Asia and comparative research on Asia and Europe. The International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) is a postdoctoral research centre based in Leiden and Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Its objective is to encourage the interdisciplinary and comparative study of Asia and to promote national and international cooperation. The institute focuses on the humanities and social sciences and, where relevant, on their interaction with other sciences. It stimulates scholarship on Asia and is instrumental in forging research networks among Asia scholars worldwide. IIAS acts as an international mediator, bringing various parties together, working as a clearinghouse of knowledge and information. This entails activities such as p