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Dowry murder : the imperial origins of a cultural crime /
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,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2002.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xv, 261 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-255) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780198034346 0198034342 9780195150728 0195150724 9780195150711 0195150716 |