Dowry murder [electronic resource]
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The Hindu custom of dowry has long been blamed for the murder of wives and female infants in India. In this highly provocative book, Veena Oldenburg argues that these killings are neither about dowry nor reflective of an Indian culture or caste system that encourages violence against women. Rather, such killings can be traced directly to the influences of the British colonial era. In the precolonial period, dowry was an institution managed by women, for women, to enable them to establish their status and have recourse in an emergency. As a consequence of the massive economic and societal uphea
العنوان |
Dowry murder [electronic resource] : the imperial origins of a cultural crime / Veena Talwar Oldenburg. |
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الناشر |
New Delhi Oxford New York : Oxford University Press |
تاريخ الإصدار |
2002 |
ملاحظات |
Description based upon print version of record. Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-255) and index. English |
رقم الرف |
Contents Introduction Chapter 1 Conundrums and Contexts Chapter 2 The Just-So Stories about Female Infanticide Chapter 3 The Tangled Tale of Twisting a Safety Net into a Noose Chapter 4 Engineering a Masculine World Chapter 5 Local Customs and the Economy Grow Mustaches Chapter 6 Writing Lives, Underwriting Silences: Understanding Dowry Death in Contemporary India Epilogue Notes References Index |
الشكل |
1 online resource (280 p.) |
اللغة |
الانكليزية |
رقم النظام |
997007877161105171 |
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وسوم
- Caste Political aspects India.
- Dowry India Criminal provisions.
- Hindu women Crimes against India.
- Hindu women India Economic conditions.
- Uxoricide Economic aspects India.
- Wives Crimes against India.
- Wife killing
- Wife murder
- nne Women, Hindu
- Dos
- Great Britain Colonies India.
- India History British occupation, 1765-1947.
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