Hindu divorce : a legal anthropology / Livia Holden
- Bib ID:
- 4540049
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Holden, Livia
- Description:
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- Aldershot : Ashgate, c2008
- xvii, 259 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 9780754649601
- 0754649601
- Summary:
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"This comparative study attempts to understand the place of Hindu divorce in the Indian legal system and considers whether it offers a way out of a matrimonial crisis situation for women. Using the narratives of the social actors involved, it poses questions about the relationship between traditional jurisdictions located in rural areas and the larger legal culture of towns and cities in India, but also in the UK and USA. The multidisciplinary approach draws on research from the social sciences, feminist, and legal studies and will also be of interest to students of law, anthropology and sociology."--BOOK JACKET.
- Full contents:
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- 1. Conceptualizing Hindu divorce
- 2. Insights
- 3. Divorce stories
- 4. Custom and law
- 5. Gender bias in legal debates
- 6. Conclusion
- App. A. The Dharicha law of the princely state of Gwalior
- App. B. Table of cases.
- Notes:
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- Includes index.
- Bibliography: p. [227]-251.
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- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
- 2008
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