Dowry murder: reinvestigating a cultural whodunnit/ Veena Talwar Oldenburg.
Material type: TextPublication details: New Delhi: Penguin Books, 2010Description: xlii, 304p. ill. 22 cmISBN: 978-0143063995Subject(s): Wives--Crimes against | British Occupation of India (1765-1947)DDC classification: 364.15230820954
Contents:
What is dowry? --
The just-so stories about female infanticide --
The tangled tale of twisting a safety net into a noose --
Engineering a masculine world --
Loins of the Punjab --
Writing lives, underwriting silences : understanding dowry death in contemporary India --
Epilogue --
Notes --
References --
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Books | Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section | 364.15230820954 OLD/D (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | P18209 |
Total holds: 0
What is dowry? --
The just-so stories about female infanticide --
The tangled tale of twisting a safety net into a noose --
Engineering a masculine world --
Loins of the Punjab --
Writing lives, underwriting silences : understanding dowry death in contemporary India --
Epilogue --
Notes --
References --
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