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The Dowry System in India – Problem of Dowry Deaths
, 2020 The concept of dowry system dates back to the ancient Roman and Greek Civilization, (Anderson, 2007). Historically, some areas of Europe, America, East and South Asia have been victimized by the custom of dowry.
Sadia Gondal; Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology, Karachi.
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International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies, Volume 23, Issue 2, June 2026.ABSTRACT Trauma and loss constitute recurring themes in both Murakami's fictional and non‐fictional writing. In the short story Tony Takitani, Murakami portrays a father and son confronting trauma and loss in the aftermath of the Second World War and the nuclear devastation of Japan.
David Potik
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Saving for Dowry: Evidence from Rural India
, 2020 The ancient custom of dowry, that is, bride-to-groom marriage payments, remains ubiquitous in many contemporary societies. This paper examines whether dowry impacted household decision making and resource allocation
Nishith Prakash +5 more
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, 2023 In Pakistani culture, the dowry system is deeply entrenched, especially for parents who belong to the lower middle class. However, little has been documented about their positive and negative impacts on Pakistani married women.
Kamal, Anila, Umm-e-Habiba
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Reproductive, Female and Child Health, Volume 5, Issue 2, June 2026.ABSTRACT Background Polygynous marriages are a common cultural practice in northern Nigeria, deeply rooted in religious and traditional norms. However, these unions often pose unique challenges for women, particularly in managing sexual health, navigating power dynamics and fostering effective communication among women in polygynous marital unions ...
Jimoh Amzat +4 more
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Dowry, the Oppression of Women and Femicide in Bangladesh
Journal of Comparative Social Work, 2018 The marriage transaction, commonly known as dowry, is a widespread phenomenon in Bangladesh, which has inevitably attracted much attention from social science researchers.
Mohammad Sadikur Rahman
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Writing Against the Machine: Computational Authorship and Historical Writing
History, Volume 111, Issue 396, Page 442-459, June 2026.Abstract Historians generate knowledge through the labour of composition – through the friction between interpretation and evidence that makes claims open to scrutiny and challenge. This essay argues that when composition is bypassed, that structure disappears. Generative AI raises this issue in urgent fashion.
CHRISTOPHER GERTEIS
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Does dowry improve life for brides? A test of the bequest theory of dowry in rural Bangladesh
, 2004 In recent years, dowry levels in Bangladesh have risen to previously unforeseen levels—sometimes three or four times a family’s total assets. Some recent economic writings suggest that dowry functions as a bequest or pre-mortem inheritance, implying it ...
Amin, Sajeda +3 more
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Asy Syar'iyyah: Jurnal Ilmu Syariah dan Perbankan Islam, 2018 The validity of a marriage in the Islamic Shari’a must fulfill harmony and the conditions that have been set. Beside that, there ia a provision stipulated by Allah Swt.
Winarno Winarno
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“THE NORMAL EXCEPTION”: “MICROANALYSIS AND SOCIAL HISTORY” (1977)*
History and Theory, Volume 65, Issue 2, Page 257-270, June 2026.ABSTRACT “The normal exception” has long been a slogan of microhistory. This oxymoronic phrase is the iconic rendering of an incidental sentence that appeared in a 1977 article published by Edoardo Grendi in the Italian journal Quaderni storici, which functioned as the incubator of Italian microhistory.
EDOARDO GRENDI
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