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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Chowdhry, Prem. Contentious marriages, eloping couples. New Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007 (OCoLC)654207872 |
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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Prem Chowdhry |
| ISBN: | 9780195684995 0195684990 |
| OCLC Number: | 86089794 |
| Description: | x, 347 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Contents: | Colonial period : creeping rigidity -- Post-colonial haryana : caste endogamy and traditional panchayats -- Inter-caste marriages : defying cultural norms -- Cases of runaway marriage : state intervention -- Controlling remarriage : post-colonial strengthening of the levirate -- Understanding local perceptions : caste stereotypes and cultural expectations -- Social factors : political economy of contentious marriages -- Complexities and concerns. |
| Responsibility: | Prem Chowdhry. |
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Abstract:
Deals with the phenomenon of contentious marriages and elopements in the north Indian state of Haryana. This book focuses on the role of caste panchayats which curbs individual rights in the name of maintaining izzat (honour), bhaichara (brotherhood), biradri (community), and village aika (unity).
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