Dowry Murder The Imperial Origins of a Cultural Crime

Name: Dowry Murder The Imperial Origins of a Cultural Crime
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ISBN: 9780195150728

ISBN-10: 0195150724

ISBN-13: 9780195150728

Edition: 2002

Authors: Veena Talwar Oldenburg

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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 toestablish their status and have recourse in an emergency. As a consequence of the massive economic and social upheaval brought on by British rule, women's entitlements to the precious resources obtained from land were…

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List price: $48.99
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/18/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 9.09" wide x 6.10" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.924
Language: English



Introduction



Conundrums and Contexts



The Just-So Stories about Female Infanticide



The Tangled Tale of Twisting a Safety Net into a Noose



Engineering a Masculine World



Local Customs and the Economy Grow Mustaches



Writing Lives, Underwriting Silences: Understanding Dowry Death in Contemporary India


Epilogue


Notes


References


Index