book chapter
Introduction to second Indian impression: Some contemporary issues in context
gift of a virgin • Delhi • Published In 1993 • Pages: xiii-xxxiv
By: Fruzzetti, Lina M..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is new introduction to the second Indian impression of Fruzzetti's 'Gift of a Virgin' (see document no. 23). She discusses how the commoditization of Indian society has impacted negatively on women's rights and status, in the most extreme circumstances leading to dowry deaths, in which brides are brutalized in an effort to exact higher dowry payments.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Gender status
- Basis of marriage
- Mode of marriage
- Nuptials
- Political movements
- Offenses against life
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Bengali
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2002
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- South Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnographer
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 2001
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1967-1973
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1829-1986
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- West Bengal, India
- NotesAdditional notes
- Lina M. Fruzzetti
- Includes bibliographical references (p. xxix-xxxiv)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 94138928
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Bengalis