@book{2611,
	author = {Ann, Adele},
	title = {Unbroken chains :},
	publisher = {Malathi press ,},
	year = {1994,},
	address = {Jaffna:},
	note = {" UNBROKEN CHAINS " is an attempt to explore one of the most complex social issues confronting the  Tamil people of Jaffna - the  dowry system. The dowry system as  practiced in the Jaffna social formation is a deeply institutionalized, intractable customary practice. it has its own peculiarities and unique history: it is bound up with property relations and socio - cultural practices: it is a major source of the social oppression of women. we systematically explore various socio - cultural issues related to the practice and conclude with an exposition of possible ways and means of eradicating this mode of social oppression of women }
}