RT Article
T1 Dowry and dowry harassment in India: An assessment based on modified capitalist patriarchy
JF African and Asian studies
VO 1
IS 3
SP 187
OP 229
A1 Samuel, Edith
LA English
PB Brill
YR 2002
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1642776793
AB (...). The number of dowry deaths has steadily increased in the 1980s and 1990s. Even though the official number of dowry deaths rose from 6,758 in 1996 to 7,543 in 1997, unofficial estimates of dowry deaths figure around a staggering 25,000 annually. Classical socialist feminist traditions have inadequately addressed the widespread prevalence of this social practice. Drawing from primary and secondary sources, this article reconceptualizes and reframes the "legitimate" practice of dowry from a modified socialist feminist perspective. A modified capitalist patriarchal approach that includes caste and religion is necessary to expound the primacy of the phenomenon. As well, this critique suggests recommendations for social change. (AAS/DÜI-Jos)
K1 Gesellschaft
K1 Entwicklung
K1 Frau
K1 Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung
K1 Zwang
K1 Eherecht
K1 Ehe
K1 Sitte
K1 Brauch
K1 Geschlechterrolle
K1 Religion
K1 Einflussgröße
K1 Kaste
K1 Indien : Gesellschaftliche Prozesse : Frauen : Soziale Beziehungen : Sozialer Zwang : Eherecht : Ehe/Heirat : Sitten und Gebräuche : Geschlechterrolle/Geschlechterverhältnis : Religiöse Faktoren : Kastensystem : Sozialstruktur
K1 Indien