The Gift of a Daughter: Encounters with Victims of Dowry
by Subhadra Butalia; Subhadra Bhutalia
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- 0143028715
- ISBN 13
- 9780143028710
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New Delhi: Penguin Books India, September 2002. Trade Paperback. First printing / full number line. As New. Inventory number and stamp from IBH Books & Magazines, Chennai on last page. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 184 pages. A quarter of a century before writing this book, the author looked out from her bedroom window and saw a young woman being burned to death for not bringing enough dowry. In this book, she writes of the ways in which society conspires to silence thousands of innocent young women each year, driving them to horrific deaths or lifelong servitude.
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- Title
- The Gift of a Daughter: Encounters with Victims of Dowry
- Author
- Subhadra Butalia; Subhadra Bhutalia
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0143028715
- ISBN 13
- 9780143028710
- Publisher
- Penguin Books India
- Place of Publication
- New Delhi
- Date Published
- September 2002
- Pages
- 184
- Size
- 12mo
- Keywords
- India, memoir, memoirs, dowry, dowry abuse, dowry prevention, women, status of women, domestic violence, customs, traditions, social conditions, women's movement, legal aid, counseling
- Bookseller catalogs
- India; Asia; Law; Feminism, Women's Studies, and Gender Issues;
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