Dowry and dowry harassment in India: An assessment based on modified capitalist patriarchy

(...). 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 ina...

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主要作者: Samuel, Edith (Author)
格式: Print Article
語言:English
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出版: Brill 2002
In: African and Asian studies
Year: 2002, 卷: 1, 發布: 3, Pages: 187-229
Further subjects:B Papel de gênero
B Tradições e costumes
B Relações interpessoais
B Desenvolvimento
B Einflussgröße
B Sociedade
B Matrimônio
B Religião
B Índia
B Direito matrimonial
B Índia Gesellschaftliche Prozesse Frauen Soziale Beziehungen Sozialer Zwang Direito matrimonial Heirat / Matrimônio Sitten und Gebräuche Papel de gênero / Relações de gênero Religiöse Faktoren Kastensystem Estrutura social
B Costume
B Mulher
B Coação
B Casta
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總結:(...). 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)
ISSN:1569-2094
Contains:In: African and Asian studies