ISBN:
9788132119562
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (186 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.810954
Keywords:
Marriage-India
;
Uxoricide-India
;
Wife abuse-India
;
Dowry-India
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Robin Wyatt, with Nazia Masood, investigates why the specter of 'dowry death' continues to haunt Indian society even a decade into the 21st century, urging readers to look beyond the obvious. The narrative, as it effortlessly turns its gaze from the story of a survivor of domestic violence to that of one accused of the crime, smashes the conventional image of so-called 'dowry deaths'. It picks up each of the shattered pieces of the mirror and looks into them closely, and what emerges is a complex portrait of a society where marriage counseling remains taboo and inaccessible to large sections of the population, where the quest for 'justice', armed with powerful, 'pro-women' anti-dowry laws, brushes aside the truth behind the breakdown of many a perfect marriage..
Abstract:
Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- For our Readers -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Authors' Note -- Introduction -- 1 Shalini-Shattered Dreams -- 2 Akhil-Of Dogs and Chains -- 3 Mohini and Naresh-Together Yet Alone -- 4 Neeti-When Power Games End in Burning -- 5 Gagan-The Tyranny of Perceived Optionlessness -- 6 Jasmeet and Tarampal-When Inadequacy Kills -- Conclusions -- Index -- About the Authors.
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