Summary Of Serena Nanda's Arraranging Marriage

Arranging a marriage in India as an important process in cultural system is still preferred among Indian population. Serena Nanda, a famous anthropologist, in her article “Arranging a Marriage in India” discusses the marriage process in India. The author wants the audience to think about various ways of getting married around the world and its disadvantages and advantages. The article “Arranging a Marriage in India” is understandable and informative material because it clearly explains that arranging a marriage is cultural value for Indian society. Serena Nanda’s article "Arranging a Marriage in India" was included on One World, Many Cultures, which is a textbook for college students in the United States. In this article the author describes the way of getting married in India and analyzes the process of arranging marriage. Serena Nanda wants the audience to think about negative and positive sides of marriage traditions around the world. In addition, in order to impress the readers, Serena Nanda used the 2 types of persuasive strategies. The first strategy is personal experience, which is about her experience in India and observation on how people get
As a researcher, who was born and raised in the United States, Serena Nanda has bias toward the process of arranging marriage because it was quite challenging to understand the cultural system in India. In the beginning of research, as a young woman from the United States, Serena Nanda found the custom of arranging a marriage “oppressive”. As she mentioned, “Had anyone tried to arrange my marriage, I would have been defiant and rebellious!” Furthermore, the author observed the arranging marriages on one social class and did not mention about the lower and higher social classes. For instance, as she reported, “In India, almost all marriages are arranged” (Nanda, 2000,