Owning Land, Being Women : Inheritance and Subjecthood in India

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Prologue -- Introduction: Perspectives on Inheritance -- Part I: Property Rights and the State -- 1 Moments of Inheritance -- 2 Women as Legal Subject -- Part II: Family and Ownership -- 3 The Embeddedness of Land Ownership -- 4 The Land-Owning Women --...
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Prologue -- Introduction: Perspectives on Inheritance -- Part I: Property Rights and the State -- 1 Moments of Inheritance -- 2 Women as Legal Subject -- Part II: Family and Ownership -- 3 The Embeddedness of Land Ownership -- 4 The Land-Owning Women -- 5 Women Without Ownership -- Epilogue -- References -- Note on Translation and Transliteration -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Selected Acts, Bills and Legal Reports Discussed -- Index -- About the author Ausführliche Beschreibung