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

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New Delhi ; Oxford University Press, 2007.Description: x, 347 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780198063612
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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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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