00980nam a2200121Ia 450000500170000000800410001708200150005810000150007324500760008826000360016430000120020050006460021220240419024950.0240331s9999    xx            000 0 und d  bUNBa331.4  aAnn, Adele 0aUnbroken chains :bexploations into the Jaffna dowry systemcAdele, Ann  aJaffna:bMalathi press ,c1994,  a66 p .,  a" 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