Dowry in 21st-Century India: The Sociocultural Face of Exploitation

Trauma, Violence, and Abuse

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 34-40

  Banerjee, Priya R ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

cultural contexts; domestic violence; homicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL CONTEXTS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INDIA; MARRIAGE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; YOUNG ADULT;

CULTURAL CONTEXTS; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; HOMICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INDIA; MARRIAGE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890538794     PISSN: 15248380     EISSN: 15528324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524838013496334     Document Type: Article

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