Death by Fire: Sati, Dowry Death, and Female Infanticide in Modern India

by Mala Sen

Book Overview

The Indian village of Deorala in Rajasthan, the northwestern Indian state that borders Pakistan, is neither remote nor feudal in the strictest sense. A tarmac road links the population of 10,000 to neighboring villages and towns, there is running water and electricity, and the villagers have had television for more than twenty years. On September 4, 1987, Deorala found itself in the center of a furor that awoke age-old conflicts in Indian society...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813531020
• ISBN13: 9780813531021
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.6"