Dowry and daughters : the social, religious and legal dilemma of denying dowry / Anwesha Arya-Bhattacharya.
By: Arya-Bhattacharya, Anwesha [author.]
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Text Language of document:EnglishPublisher: 2023Edition: 1 Edition.Description: 233 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780429285202; 9780367210731; 9781032669250.Subject(s): Dowry -- India | Marriage -- India | Marriage customs and rites -- India | India -- Social life and customsDDC classification: 392.50820954 Summary: "This book studies the relevance of dowry as a customary practice in Indian marriages. It examines the historical articulation between traditional cultural texts and modern statutory law to understand how daughters are valued, and how dowry as a custom defines this value. The author creates a conceptual link between modern, medieval, and ancient marriage rites that formulate and embed dowry behaviour and practice within Indian society. The book also provides a critique of the cultural textual tradition of India and South Asia. It asserts for the first time, that Vedic materialism is at the core of an adequate understanding of how dowry as wealth comes to occupy such a central position in the field of marriage. An important study into the custom and tradition of South Asia, this book will be indispensable for students and researchers of cultural studies, women's studies, gender studies, religion, history, law, and South Asian studies"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
"This book studies the relevance of dowry as a customary practice in Indian marriages. It examines the historical articulation between traditional cultural texts and modern statutory law to understand how daughters are valued, and how dowry as a custom defines this value. The author creates a conceptual link between modern, medieval, and ancient marriage rites that formulate and embed dowry behaviour and practice within Indian society. The book also provides a critique of the cultural textual tradition of India and South Asia. It asserts for the first time, that Vedic materialism is at the core of an adequate understanding of how dowry as wealth comes to occupy such a central position in the field of marriage. An important study into the custom and tradition of South Asia, this book will be indispensable for students and researchers of cultural studies, women's studies, gender studies, religion, history, law, and South Asian studies"-- Provided by publisher.
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