Divorce Portals

"This is a groundbreaking and timely volume that reframes the study of divorce and its aftermath in Asia. The collection brings together chapters focusing across different regions of Asia and the diasporas. With remarkable depth, the book conceptualises divorce as a portal, through which individuals and families navigate hopes, constraints, and new possibilities. This is an essential contribution to feminist scholarship. By weaving together questions of temporality and intersectionality this volume opens new pathways for understanding intimacy, kinship, and social change in Asia and beyond." - Rohit K Dasgupta, associate professor of gender and sexuality, London School of Economics and Political Science

"This compelling collection takes the reader into uncharted worlds in the shadow of divorce. As the authors engage with how marriage patterns of the past unfold in the present, they consider colonial legacies and contested claims about moral decline and renewal. This book offers fresh insights for social scientists and lay readers alike, of Asian heritage or not, ever partnered or not, gay or straight." - Lynn Jamieson, professor of sociology, University of Edinburgh