01303cam a2200169   45000010005000000100015000050200018000201000019000382450111000572600049001683000024002175040065002415050443003065200343007496500021010926500020011136660  a2006454869  a97801980636121 aChowdhry, Prem10aContentious marriages, eloping couples :bgender, caste, and patriarchy in northern India /cPrem Chowdhry  aNew Delhi ;bOxford University Press,c2007.  ax, 347 p. ;c22 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [315]-328) and index  aCONTENTS: 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. grt  aThis 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. 0aElopementzIndia 0aMarriagezIndia