Contentious Marriages, Eloping Couples: Gender, Caste and Patriarchy in Northern India
Released: Mar 22, 2007
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover, 347 pages
Related ISBN: 9780198063612
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This book deals with the widespread phenomenon of contentious marriages and elopements in the north Indian state of Haryana. It focuses on the role of caste panchayats which curbs individual rights in the name of maintaining izzat (honour), bhaichara (brotherhood), biradri (community), and village aika (unity). It also unravels how state agencies abet the workings of the panchayat.
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