Dowry
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22367743 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Margaret Jolly (0000-0003-3454-3436, Australian National University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Pages | 1-7 |
| Publication date | 2018-09-05 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The International Encyclopedia of Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781118924396.wbiea2374 |
| OpenAlex | W4240263093 |
| ISBN | 9781118924396 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
Dowry refers to the movement of goods from the bride and her family to that of the groom and his family. It is often contrasted with bridewealth or bride‐price where goods move from the groom and his family to that of the bride and her family. But this simple definitional contrast is misleading and occludes the way in which these practices are embedded in deeper, divergent configurations of kinship, property, and inheritance and in different forms of male domination. This entry focuses on the dowry in India, where its history and its relation to bridewealth have been much debated and where, despite several laws to prohibit dowry and to constrain dowry abuses, including domestic violence, torture, murder, and suicide, dowry continues to be a pervasive practice
Criminology · Dowry · Genealogy · Human rights · Kinship · Political science · Sociology · Torture · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Foucault, Power, and Ethics · History · Law · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |