Dowry: A cherished possession or an old-fashioned tradition in a modernizing society?

Contemporary Consumption Rituals: A Research Anthology

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 149-178

  Sandikci, Özlem ^a   Ece Ilhan, B ^a  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781410610720     Document Type: Chapter

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