TY  - BOOK
AU  - Chowdhry,Prem
TI  - Contentious marriages, eloping couples: gender, caste, and patriarchy in northern India 
SN  - 9780198063612
PY  - 2007///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Elopement
KW  - India
KW  - Marriage
N1  - 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.
N2  - 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
ER  -