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Contentious marriages, eloping couples: gender, caste, and patriarchy in northern India/ Prem Chowdhry

By: Chowdhry, PremMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2007Description: x, 347 p. ; 22 cmISBN: 0195684990Subject(s): Marriage | ElopementDDC classification: 306.8

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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.

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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.

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