Crime or Custom?

Shahana Nasrin
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Shahana Nasrin: Shahana Nasrin is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Social Welfare and Research, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1205, Bangladesh. E-mail: nasrinkolki@yahoo.com

Indian Journal of Gender Studies, 2011, vol. 18, issue 1, 27-50

Abstract: This article highlights the reasons behind the practice of dowry in rural Bangladesh. Despite being prohibited by Islam and the civil law, people do not abstain from the practice. Hypergamy, empowerment and social values underlie the theoretical framework for analysing the findings. This study finds both positive and negative motivations such as daughters’ well-being, gaining higher status in society and social values undergirding women’s subordination, women’s dependent status, etc., behind an escalating practice of dowry.

Keywords: Dowry practice; Bangladeshi women; Muslim women and dowry; hypergamy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1177/097152151001800102

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