Cash, Jewelry, and more. Marriage or a Money-making Business for the Groom's Family?

Chowdhury, Anusua

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Cash, Jewelry, and more. Marriage or a Money-making Business for the Groom's Family?

Examining the practices of "marriage" and "dowry" among "Nagarattars" of South India and "Marwaris" of North and East India

Academic Paper, 2021

13 Pages, Grade: 1,7

Anusua Chowdhury (Author)

Abstract or Introduction

The statement that says, ‘In a fairytale wedding, the prince charming wafts his bejeweled and decked up bride away to an idyllic town’ does not hold good for every marriageable damsel and her natal family in India, as the family may not be qualified to make her wedding a resplendent one.

In India, an ordinary family has the means to marry the daughters off on a decent budget. Not everybody can afford extravagant dowry on the daughter’s wedding. In recent years, the topic of dowry has intrinsically been connected to the discourse on marriage and family.

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Title: Cash, Jewelry, and more. Marriage or a Money-making Business for the Groom's Family?
Subtitle: Examining the practices of "marriage" and "dowry" among "Nagarattars" of South India and "Marwaris" of North and East India
College: University of Göttingen
Grade: 1,7
Author: Anusua Chowdhury (Author)
Year: 2021
Pages: 13
Catalog Number: V1318746
ISBN (eBook): 9783346802682
ISBN (Book): 9783346802699
Language: English
Keywords: cash, jewelry, marriage, money-making, business, groom, family, examining, nagarattars, south, india, marwaris, north, east
Price (Ebook): 15.99
Price (Book): 17.99

Quote paper: Anusua Chowdhury (Author), 2021, Cash, Jewelry, and more. Marriage or a Money-making Business for the Groom's Family?, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/1318746

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