Contentious marriages, eloping couples: gender, caste, and patriarchy in northern India/
Prem Chowdhry
- New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2007.
- x, 347 p. ; 22 cm.
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 expectations -- Social factors : political economy of contentious marriages -- Complexities and concerns.