Dowry and marriage ideology in modern-day India: Tradition borne from modernization
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2005
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Jain, Nidhi
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Jain, Nidhi. (2005). Dowry and marriage ideology in modern-day India: Tradition borne from modernization. In: Lambda Alpha Journal, v.35, p.66-83.
Abstract
Author describes a contradictory dynamic of tradition and modernization in contemporary India where antient practice of dowry remains a cultural law despite modernization and anti-dowry legislation. A status of Indian women in society, the role of education and women movement are also discussed.