Book Description
In these insightful 1973 papers two leading authorities make a wide-ranging review of ideas and materials on bridewealth and dowry.
Author : Jack Goody
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 21,32 MB
Release : 1973-12-20
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780521201698
In these insightful 1973 papers two leading authorities make a wide-ranging review of ideas and materials on bridewealth and dowry.
Author : John L. Comaroff
Publisher : London ; New York : Academic Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 20,47 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Family & Relationships
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Author :
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 12,8 MB
Release : 1973
Category :
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Author : Tamsin Bradley
Publisher : Zed Books
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 11,78 MB
Release : 2009-09-10
Category : Law
ISBN :
This exciting new volume debunks overly simplistic conceptions of Dowry. Taking a variety of theoretical and active approaches, this work bridges the gap between today's prevailing theory and practice, whilst taking South Asian women's own experiences as a starting point to any discussion. Bringing a unique diversity of perspectives from leading academics and activists, this book opens up the term "Dowry" to undertake a study of its role in various communities across the world from the practice of "mehr" among Muslim societies, the role of the dowry in Bangladesh, and its position in the wider diasporic populations globally. The groundbreaking, multidisciplinary book is essential reading for students, policymakers, practitioners and activists alike.
Author : Srimati Basu
Publisher : Zed Books
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 38,3 MB
Release : 2005-10
Category : Law
ISBN :
The practice of dowry in modern India epitomizes the gulf between the ideal and the real. Stridhan or dakshina were gifts traditionally given at marriage to ensure the well-being of the bride in her new home. In its modern form, however, the demand for dowry has led to brides being tortured and even killed. The socialization of young girls into deference to parents-in-law and husband has spawned a 'culture of silence' that leaves them open to harassment. Despite preventive litigation, dowry remains a widespread 'social evil' - a marker of social status - more common, disturbingly, among the educated urban middle classes than among urban poor or rural population. While caste restrictions on the choice of marriage partners seem to have eased, socio-economic factors have gained in significance. Dowry is also making inroads into communities that did not follow the practice traditionally. Understanding the tenacity of dowry is a step towards ending an exploitative practice.
Author : Ranjana Kumari
Publisher :
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 43,18 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Dowry
ISBN :
Study conducted in Delhi during 1986.
Author : Mysore Narasimhachar Srinivas
Publisher :
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 30,72 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Bride price
ISBN :
Study of the practice in India.
Author : Bastian Still
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 16,91 MB
Release : 2019-06-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9004399968
In The Social World of the Babylonian Priest, Bastian Still offers an intimate account of the lives of Babylonian priests during the mid-first millennium BCE by reconstructing their social networks and exploring their daily interactions from an interdisciplinary perspective.
Author : Philip L. Reynolds
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1083 pages
File Size : 34,19 MB
Release : 2016-06-30
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1107146151
An indispensable guide to how marriage acquired the status of a sacrament. This book analyzes in detail how medieval theologians explained the place of matrimony in the church and her law, and how the bitter debates of the sixteenth century elevated the doctrine to a dogma of the Catholic faith.
Author : Thomas Håkansson
Publisher :
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 29,58 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Social Science
ISBN :