Contentious Marriages, Eloping Couples: Gender, Caste, and Patriarchy in Northern India

Abstract

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, INTRODUCTION 1. Colonial period: Creeping Rigidity 2. Post-colonial Haryana: Caste Endogamy and Traditional Panchayats 3. Inter-Caste Marriages: Defying Cultural Norms 4. Cases of Runaway Marriage: State Intervention 5. Controlling Remarriage: Post-Colonial Strengthening of the Levirate 6. Understanding Local Perceptions: Caste Stereotypes and Cultural Explanations 7. Social Factors: Political Economy of Contentious Marriages EPILOGUE: COMPLEXITIES AND CONCERNS GLOSSARY BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX

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