Dowry murder : the imperial origins of a cultural crime / Veena Talwar Oldenburg.

By:

Oldenburg, Veena Talwar

Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.Description: xv, 261 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

0195150716 (cloth : alk. paper)
0195150724 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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DDC classification:

364.12 OLD 21

LOC classification:

HV6250.4.W65 O43 2002

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Contents:

Introduction page 3; Chapter 1: Conundrums and Contexts page 19; Chapter 2: The Just-So Stories about Female Infanticide page 41; Chapter 3: The Tangled Tale of Twisting a Safety Net into a Noose page 73; Chapter 4: Engineering a Masculine World page 99; Chapter 5: Local Customs and the Economy Grow Mustaches page 131; Chapter 6: Writing Lives, Underwriting Silences: Understanding Dowry Death in Contemporary India page 175; Epilogue page 227; Notes page 229; References page 245; Index page 257.

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Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
BOOKs	National Law School	Library Compactors	364.12 OLD (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		18012

Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-255) and index.

Introduction page 3;
Chapter 1: Conundrums and Contexts page 19;
Chapter 2: The Just-So Stories about Female Infanticide page 41;
Chapter 3: The Tangled Tale of Twisting a Safety Net into a Noose page 73;
Chapter 4: Engineering a Masculine World page 99;
Chapter 5: Local Customs and the Economy Grow Mustaches page 131;
Chapter 6: Writing Lives, Underwriting Silences: Understanding Dowry Death in Contemporary India page 175;
Epilogue page 227;
Notes page 229;
References page 245;
Index page 257.

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