Dowry And Daughters The Social Religious And Legal Dilemma Of Denying Dowry 1st Edition Anwesha Aryabhattacharya by Anwesha Arya-bhattacharya 9780429285202, 9780367210731, 0429285205, 0367210738 instant download after payment.

This book studies the relevance of dowry as a customary practice in Indian marriages. It examines the historical articulation between traditional cultural texts and modern statutory law to understand how daughters are valued and how dowry as a custom defines this value. The author creates a conceptual link between modern, medieval and ancient marriage rites that formulate and embed dowry behaviour and practice within Indian society. This book also provides a critique of the cultural textual tradition of India and South Asia. It asserts for the first time that Vedic materialism is at the core of an adequate understanding of how dowry as wealth comes to occupy such a central position in the field of marriage.