Hindu women's property rights in rural India
Subtitle: law, labour, and culture in action
By: by Reena Patel.
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hants, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780754646167
Subjects: Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. (Hindu law); Women peasants -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- India; Right of property -- India; Property (Hindu law); Inheritance and succession (Hindu law)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A conceptual map; title: The development of females' property rights in Hindu law; title: Conversations : what women think; title: Hindu women's self-interest in the Hindu law of succession; title: Women's work, perceived contribution, and access to land.