Bride: comes with a price a visual narrative of bride exchange and child marriage

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The main goal of this study is to analyze child marriage and bride exchange that may apply to all women and girls regardless of their age from an artistic perspective according to the generally accepted human rights standards of the 21st century. These issues were addressed as “disturbing” elements of the society in this thesis. Therefore, artists who have experienced social problems and reflected them in their artworks are examined. Also, it is explained in this thesis that at which stage child marriages and bride exchanges have become a tradition. While human morality contradicts social realities, this study seeks to provide awareness on the public opinion and on the decision makers. Within the scope of this thesis, an animated graphics “Berdel” is composed by using the advantages of animation technique in order to raise awareness of the society and to draw attention to this tradition, in other words, this problem