Title: She comes to take her rights
First published: 1999
Description: Using the contemporary workings of property law in India through the lives and thoughts of middle-class and poor women, this is a study of the ways in which cultural practices, and particularly notions of gender ideology, guide the workings of law. It urges a close reading of decisions by women that appear to be contrary to material interests and that reinforce patriarchal ideologies.

Hailed as a radical moment for gender equality, the Hindu Succession Act was passed in India in 1956 theoretically giving Hindu women the right to equal inheritance of their parents' self-acquired property. However, in the years since the act's existence, its provisions have scarcely been utilized. Using interview data drawn from middle-class and poor neighborhoods in Delhi, this book explores the complexity of women's decisions with regard to family property in this context.
Subjects: Property (Hindu law), Legal status, laws, etc. (Hindu law), Economic conditions, Women's rights, Social conditions, Sex role, Women, Women (Hindu law), Women, legal status, laws, etc., Women, india, Women, social conditions, Women, economic conditions, Right of property, Law, india, Hindu law
Places: India
LC classification: HQ1236.5.I4 B375 1999