03343nam 2200733Ia 450 991078231220332120200520144314.01-280-56113-097866105611310-19-803434-22027/heb04646(CKB)1000000000552814(EBL)422686(OCoLC)476258879(SSID)ssj0000141135(PQKBManifestationID)11157292(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000141135(PQKBWorkID)10056045(PQKB)10030696(MiAaPQ)EBC422686(Au-PeEL)EBL422686(CaPaEBR)ebr10269027(CaONFJC)MIL56113(dli)HEB04646(MiU)MIU01000000000000012714443(EXLCZ)99100000000055281420010816d2002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDowry murder[electronic resource] the imperial origins of a cultural crime /Veena Talwar OldenburgNew Delhi ; Oxford ;New York Oxford University Press20021 online resource (280 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-515072-4 0-19-515071-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-255) and index.Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 Conundrums and Contexts; Chapter 2 The Just-So Stories about Female Infanticide; Chapter 3 The Tangled Tale of Twisting a Safety Net into a Noose; Chapter 4 Engineering a Masculine World; Chapter 5 Local Customs and the Economy Grow Mustaches; Chapter 6 Writing Lives, Underwriting Silences: Understanding Dowry Death in Contemporary India; Epilogue; Notes; References; IndexThe 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 upheaCastePolitical aspectsIndiaDowryIndiaCriminal provisionsHindu womenCrimes againstIndiaHindu womenIndiaEconomic conditionsUxoricideEconomic aspectsIndiaWivesCrimes againstIndiaGreat BritainColoniesIndiaIndiaHistoryBritish occupation, 1765-1947CastePolitical aspectsDowryCriminal provisions.Hindu womenCrimes againstHindu womenEconomic conditions.UxoricideEconomic aspectsWivesCrimes against364.15/23/0820954Oldenburg Veena Talwar654034MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782312203321Dowry murder1924335UNINA