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Author: Veena Talwar Oldenburg
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 281
ISBN-13: 0195150716
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOldenburg argues that dowry murder is not about dowry per se nor is it rooted in an Indian culture or caste system that encourages violence against women. Rather, dowry murder can be traced directly to the influences of the British colonial era.
Author: Veena Talwar Oldenburg
Publisher: Penguin Books India
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 346
ISBN-13: 0143063995
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Dowry in India has long been blamed for the murder of wives and female infants. Reconstructing the history of dowry in this highly provocative book, Veena Talwar Oldenburg argues that dowry is not always the motive for these killings as is widely believed; nor are these crimes a product of Indian culture or caste system. In the pre-colonial period, dowry, an institution managed by women to enable them to establish their independence, was a safety net. As a consequence of massive economic and societal upheaval brought on by British rule, however, women's control of the system diminished and dowry became extortion." -- Page 4 of cover.
Author: Francis Bloch
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSome aspects of violent behavior are linked to economic incentives. In India, domestic violence is used as a bargaining instrument, to extract larger dowries from a wife's family after the marriage has taken place.
Author: Mala Sen
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780813531021
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBefore a crowd of several thousand people, mostly men, a young woman dressed in her bridal finery was burned alive on her husband's funeral pyre. The apparent revival of an ancient tradition opened old wounds in Indian society and focused world attention on the status and treatment of women in modern India.".
Author: Anita Rao
Publisher: Socio Legal Information Cent
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 314
ISBN-13: 8189479733
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Mohd Umar
Publisher: APH Publishing
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 348
ISBN-13: 9788170249221
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWith special reference to Uttar Pradesh, India.
Author: Robin Wyatt
Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Limited
Published: 2011-02-14
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9788132105039
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRobin Wyatt, with Nazia Masood, investigates why the specter of 'dowry death' continues to haunt Indian society even a decade into the 21st century, urging readers to look beyond the obvious. The narrative, as it effortlessly turns its gaze from the story of a survivor of domestic violence to that of one accused of the crime, smashes the conventional image of so-called 'dowry deaths'. It picks up each of the shattered pieces of the mirror and looks into them closely, and what emerges is a complex portrait of a society where marriage counseling remains taboo and inaccessible to large sections of the population, where the quest for 'justice', armed with powerful, 'pro-women' anti-dowry laws, brushes aside the truth behind the breakdown of many a perfect marriage.
Author: Mark R. Rosenzweig
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 48
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKInvestment portfolios of small farmers reflect their difficulties in smoothing consumption in the face of high risks. Improving farmers' ability to smooth consumption - perhaps through public employment schemes or increased consumption credit - would increase the overall profitability of their investments and would decrease inequality of earnings in high- risk areas.
Author: Werner Menski
Publisher: Stylus Publishing, LLC.
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781858561417
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCollection of the main papers from three International Conferences on Dowry and Bride-Burning; the 1st and 2nd conferences were held at Harvard University in 1995 and 1996 and the 3rd at London University in 1997.
Author: Jack Goody
Publisher: CUP Archive
Published: 1973-12-20
Total Pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9780521201698
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn these insightful 1973 papers two leading authorities make a wide-ranging review of ideas and materials on bridewealth and dowry.
