Chowdhry, Prem <br/><br/>
Contentious marriages, eloping couples :  gender, caste, and patriarchy in northern India / 
Prem Chowdhry 
 - New Delhi ;  Oxford University Press,  2007. 
 - x, 347 p. ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-328) and index 
<br/><br/>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.        
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780198063612 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006454869 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Elopement--India<br/>Marriage--India