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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817928503321

Autore

Patel Reena

Titolo

Hindu women's property rights in rural India : law, labour and culture in action / / Reena Patel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Aldershot, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate, c2007

ISBN

1-351-15638-1

1-281-09889-2

9786611098896

0-7546-8493-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (158 p.)

Disciplina

346.5404/32

Soggetti

Women (Hindu law)

Women peasants - Legal status, laws, etc - India

Right of property - India

Property (Hindu law)

Inheritance and succession (Hindu law)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [125]-139) and index.

Nota di contenuto

A conceptual map -- The development of females' proprietary rights in Hindu law -- Conversations : what women think -- An evaluation of women's self-interest in the Hindu law of succession -- Women, work and land rights.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume addresses the issue of Hindu peasant women's ability to effectuate the statutory rights to succession and assert ownership of their share in family land. The work combines a critical evaluation of law with economic analyses into allocation of resources within the family as a means of addressing gender relations and explaining resulting gender inequalities.