LEADER 03269nam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910453854503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-56113-0 010 $a9786610561131 010 $a0-19-803434-2 035 $a(CKB)1000000000552814 035 $a(EBL)422686 035 $a(OCoLC)476258879 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000141135 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11157292 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000141135 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10056045 035 $a(PQKB)10030696 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC422686 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL422686 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10269027 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL56113 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000552814 100 $a20010816d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDowry murder$b[electronic resource] $ethe imperial origins of a cultural crime /$fVeena Talwar Oldenburg 210 $aNew Delhi ; Oxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2002 215 $a1 online resource (280 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-515072-4 311 $a0-19-515071-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [245]-255) and index. 327 $aContents; 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; Index 330 $aThe 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 606 $aCaste$xPolitical aspects$zIndia 606 $aDowry$zIndia$xCriminal provisions 606 $aHindu women$xCrimes against$zIndia 606 $aHindu women$zIndia$xEconomic conditions 606 $aUxoricide$xEconomic aspects$zIndia 606 $aWives$xCrimes against$zIndia 607 $aGreat Britain$xColonies$zIndia 607 $aIndia$xHistory$yBritish occupation, 1765-1947 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCaste$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aDowry$xCriminal provisions. 615 0$aHindu women$xCrimes against 615 0$aHindu women$xEconomic conditions. 615 0$aUxoricide$xEconomic aspects 615 0$aWives$xCrimes against 676 $a364.15/23/0820954 700 $aOldenburg$b Veena Talwar$0654034 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910453854503321 996 $aDowry murder$91924335 997 $aUNINA