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Location Call # Volume Status
 Sherman Library  HQ1742 .S42 2001    AVAILABLE  
Author Sen, Mala, 1947-2011.
Title Death by fire : sati, dowry, death, and female infanticide in modern India / Mala Sen.
OCLC 48265558
ISBN 0813531020
Publisher New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, 2001.
Description xiv, 270 pages ; 25 cm
LC Subject heading/s Women -- India -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Sex discrimination against women -- India.
Sati -- India.
Infanticide -- India.
Summary Explores the reality of life for women in modern India, discussing how the renewal of ancient traditions such as sati, the self-immolation of a woman on her husband's funeral pyre, have impacted how Indian women are treated and how the country is viewed by the modern world.
Interest grade level Adult Follett Library Resources.
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