"$50 wedding you say?" A look into the motivations and meanings of wedding choices for young Malay couples in contemporary Singapore

"$50 wedding you say?" A look into the motivations and meanings of wedding choices for young Malay couples in contemporary Singapore

This paper examines the negotiations that take place for young Malay couples in their wedding preparations. The paper can be divided into three main portions. The first highlights the motivations behind the decisions made by my respondents. This especially looks at the influence of family in sustain...

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Main Author: Nadrah Sadali
Other Authors: Teo You Yenn
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/51632
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-516322019-12-10T11:48:16Z "$50 wedding you say?" A look into the motivations and meanings of wedding choices for young Malay couples in contemporary Singapore Nadrah Sadali Teo You Yenn School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Social sciences This paper examines the negotiations that take place for young Malay couples in their wedding preparations. The paper can be divided into three main portions. The first highlights the motivations behind the decisions made by my respondents. This especially looks at the influence of family in sustaining existing Malay traditions and rituals. The second part of this paper focuses on the existence of the hantaran1and how these young couples negotiate between tradition and rationality. The final aspect of my paper looks at a comparison between Western and Malay weddings and how these similarities or differences are significant in explaining the wedding as a phenomenon. Bachelor of Arts 2013-04-08T01:49:38Z 2013-04-08T01:49:38Z 2013 2013 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/51632 en Nanyang Technological University 30 p. application/pdf
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"$50 wedding you say?" A look into the motivations and meanings of wedding choices for young Malay couples in contemporary Singapore
description This paper examines the negotiations that take place for young Malay couples in their wedding preparations. The paper can be divided into three main portions. The first highlights the motivations behind the decisions made by my respondents. This especially looks at the influence of family in sustaining existing Malay traditions and rituals. The second part of this paper focuses on the existence of the hantaran1and how these young couples negotiate between tradition and rationality. The final aspect of my paper looks at a comparison between Western and Malay weddings and how these similarities or differences are significant in explaining the wedding as a phenomenon.
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title "$50 wedding you say?" A look into the motivations and meanings of wedding choices for young Malay couples in contemporary Singapore
title_short "$50 wedding you say?" A look into the motivations and meanings of wedding choices for young Malay couples in contemporary Singapore
title_full "$50 wedding you say?" A look into the motivations and meanings of wedding choices for young Malay couples in contemporary Singapore
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