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- catalog abstract ""Using the contemporary workings of property law in India through the lives and thoughts of middle-class and poor women, this is a study of the ways in which cultural practices, and particularly notions of gender ideology, guide the workings of law. It urges a close reading of decisions by women that appear to be contrary to material interests and that reinforce patriarchal ideologies." "Hailed as a radical moment for gender equality, the Hindu Succession Act was passed in India in 1956 theoretically giving Hindu women the right to equal inheritance of their parents' self-acquired property. However, in the years since the act's existence, its provisions have scarcely been utilized. Using interview data drawn from middle-class and poor neighborhoods in Delhi, this book explores the complexity of women's decisions with regard to family property in this context."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog contributor b11123753.
- catalog created "c1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "c1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
- catalog description ""Using the contemporary workings of property law in India through the lives and thoughts of middle-class and poor women, this is a study of the ways in which cultural practices, and particularly notions of gender ideology, guide the workings of law. It urges a close reading of decisions by women that appear to be contrary to material interests and that reinforce patriarchal ideologies." "Hailed as a radical moment for gender equality, the Hindu Succession Act was passed in India in 1956 theoretically giving Hindu women the right to equal inheritance of their parents' self-acquired property. However, in the years since the act's existence, its provisions have scarcely been utilized. Using interview data drawn from middle-class and poor neighborhoods in Delhi, this book explores the complexity of women's decisions with regard to family property in this context."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-297) and index.".
- catalog description "Women, Law, and Property in India -- Women and Property -- The Power of Law on Women and in the "New" Nations -- Nominating Agents, Marking Resistance -- Camouflaging the Self: Methodological Choices and Other Fieldwork Angst -- The Three Delhi Neighborhoods -- Looking Ahead -- Women and Property Inheritance: Scant and Slippery Footholds -- Property Values -- The Significance of Class and Residence -- Women As Property Owners -- Property Distribution and Marital Status -- Relative Wealth -- Non-Hindu Women and Property -- Blocking Women's Inheritance -- "Hishabey to Ami Pai" ("Well, I Get It According to the Calculations"): Shipra's Family Property -- Conclusion: Stable Systems of Disentitlement -- Gifts for Alliance: Marriage and the Flow of Goods -- Setting Up Matches: Gifts for "Alliances" Only -- Wedding Ceremonies: The Framework for Gifts -- "Jo dena hota hai" ("What Has to Be Given"): The Nature and Parity of Wedding Gifts -- "Ladkiwale ko to dena hi parta hai" ("The Woman's Side Does Have to Give Things, of Course"): Issues of Dowry and Demand -- Paying for Weddings -- Protima's Life: The Instability of Marriage -- Conclusion: Marriage and the Transfer of Wealth -- "Wo Ayee Hak Lene" ("There She Comes, to Take Her Rights"): The Dreadful Specter of the Property-Owning Woman -- Multilayered Attitudes toward Natal Property and Women's Property -- Equal Love: Conceptions of Equitable Distribution -- "Naihar Tut Hi Jaye" ("The Natal Home Is Broken for Me"): Fears of Natal Abandonment.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 305 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0791440958 (hardcover : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0791440966 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "c1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Albany, NY : State University of New York Press,".
- catalog spatial "India".
- catalog spatial "India.".
- catalog subject "305.42/0954 21".
- catalog subject "HQ1236.5.I4 B375 1999".
- catalog subject "Property (Hindu law)".
- catalog subject "Sex role India.".
- catalog subject "Women (Hindu law)".
- catalog subject "Women India Economic conditions.".
- catalog subject "Women India Social conditions.".
- catalog subject "Women's rights India.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Women, Law, and Property in India -- Women and Property -- The Power of Law on Women and in the "New" Nations -- Nominating Agents, Marking Resistance -- Camouflaging the Self: Methodological Choices and Other Fieldwork Angst -- The Three Delhi Neighborhoods -- Looking Ahead -- Women and Property Inheritance: Scant and Slippery Footholds -- Property Values -- The Significance of Class and Residence -- Women As Property Owners -- Property Distribution and Marital Status -- Relative Wealth -- Non-Hindu Women and Property -- Blocking Women's Inheritance -- "Hishabey to Ami Pai" ("Well, I Get It According to the Calculations"): Shipra's Family Property -- Conclusion: Stable Systems of Disentitlement -- Gifts for Alliance: Marriage and the Flow of Goods -- Setting Up Matches: Gifts for "Alliances" Only -- Wedding Ceremonies: The Framework for Gifts -- "Jo dena hota hai" ("What Has to Be Given"): The Nature and Parity of Wedding Gifts -- "Ladkiwale ko to dena hi parta hai" ("The Woman's Side Does Have to Give Things, of Course"): Issues of Dowry and Demand -- Paying for Weddings -- Protima's Life: The Instability of Marriage -- Conclusion: Marriage and the Transfer of Wealth -- "Wo Ayee Hak Lene" ("There She Comes, to Take Her Rights"): The Dreadful Specter of the Property-Owning Woman -- Multilayered Attitudes toward Natal Property and Women's Property -- Equal Love: Conceptions of Equitable Distribution -- "Naihar Tut Hi Jaye" ("The Natal Home Is Broken for Me"): Fears of Natal Abandonment.".
- catalog title "She comes to take her rights : Indian women, property, and propriety / Srimati Basu.".
- catalog type "text".