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Dowry Murder: Reinvestigating A Cultural

Veena Talwar OldenburgVeena Talwar

出版	Penguin Books India, 2010
ISBN	01430639959780143063995
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=FbJLqd9flhAC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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"Dowry in India has long been blamed for the murder of wives and female infants. Reconstructing the history of dowry in this highly provocative book, Veena Talwar Oldenburg argues that dowry is not always the motive for these killings as is widely believed; nor are these crimes a product of Indian culture or caste system. In the pre-colonial period, dowry, an institution managed by women to enable them to establish their independence, was a safety net. As a consequence of massive economic and societal upheaval brought on by British rule, however, women's control of the system diminished and dowry became extortion." -- Page 4 of cover.