Owning land, being women : inheritance and subjecthood in India / Amrita Mondal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mondal, Amrita, author.

Contributor:

Walter de Gruyter & Co.

Series:

De Gruyter studies in global Asia ; v. 2.

De Gruyter studies in global Asia ; v. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Inheritance and succession--India.

Inheritance and succession.

India.

Inheritance and succession (Hindu law).

Women--Legal status, laws, etc--India.

Women.

Women--Legal status, laws, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations (black and white, and colour).

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Berlin : De Gruyter, [2021].

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Part I Property Rights and the State

1 Moments of Inheritance p. 47

1.2 Women's Proprietary Position in the Hindu Family p. 48

1.3 Changes under the Hindu Succession Act 1956 p. 59

1.4 Gender Implications of Changes in 2005 p. 66

2 Women as Legal Subject p. 69

2.2 Making the Liberal Hindu Family: Daughters' Rights and the Amended Act of 2005 p. 74

2.3 Legislating Family Morality: The Welfare Act of 2007 p. 94

Part II Family and Ownership

3 The Embeddedness of Land Ownership p. 111

3.2 An Engagement with the Debate on Gendering Land Ownership p. 113

3.3 Agricultural Land and Legal Disputes p. 115

3.4 Situating Land Ownership p. 125

4 The Land-Owning Women p. 132

4.2 Widowhood and Multivocality: A Legitimate Ground of Claim p. 133

4.3 'Broken' Lives: Estrangement and Returning Daughters p. 152

5 Women Without Ownership p. 172

5.2 Visions of Intergenerationality and Morals of Inheritance p. 177

5.3 Rewards of Service, Gifts of Love and Claims of Rights p. 209.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Electronic reproduction. Berlin Available via World Wide Web.

Print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: MONDAL, AMRITA. OWNING LAND, BEING WOMEN.

ISBN:

9783110690491

3110690497

Publisher Number:

40030514150

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Restricted for use by site license.