Contentious marriages, eloping couples :
Chowdhry, Prem
Contentious marriages, eloping couples : gender, caste, and patriarchy in northern India / Prem Chowdhry - New Delhi ; Oxford University Press, 2007. - x, 347 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-328) and index
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 Explanations -- Social Factors: Political Economy of Contentious Marriages.
This book deals with the widespread phenomenon of contentious marriages and elopements in Haryana. It focuses on the role of caste panchayats which curbs individual rights in the name of maintaining honour, brotherhood, community, and village unity. It also unravels how state agencies abet the arbitrary workings of these panchayat.
9780198063612
2006454869
Elopement--India
Marriage--India
Contentious marriages, eloping couples : gender, caste, and patriarchy in northern India / Prem Chowdhry - New Delhi ; Oxford University Press, 2007. - x, 347 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-328) and index
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 Explanations -- Social Factors: Political Economy of Contentious Marriages.
This book deals with the widespread phenomenon of contentious marriages and elopements in Haryana. It focuses on the role of caste panchayats which curbs individual rights in the name of maintaining honour, brotherhood, community, and village unity. It also unravels how state agencies abet the arbitrary workings of these panchayat.
9780198063612
2006454869
Elopement--India
Marriage--India