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Dowry murder: reinvestigating a cultural whodunnit/ Veena Talwar Oldenburg.

By: Oldenburg, Veena TalwarMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: New Delhi: Penguin Books, 2010Description: xlii, 304p. ill. 22 cmISBN: 978-0143063995Subject(s): Wives--Crimes against | British Occupation of India (1765-1947)DDC classification: 364.15230820954

Contents:

What is dowry? -- The just-so stories about female infanticide -- The tangled tale of twisting a safety net into a noose -- Engineering a masculine world -- Loins of the Punjab -- Writing lives, underwriting silences : understanding dowry death in contemporary India -- Epilogue -- Notes -- References --

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	364.15230820954 OLD/D (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		P18209

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What is dowry? --
The just-so stories about female infanticide --
The tangled tale of twisting a safety net into a noose --
Engineering a masculine world --
Loins of the Punjab --
Writing lives, underwriting silences : understanding dowry death in contemporary India --
Epilogue --
Notes --
References --

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