01025nam a2200145Ia 4500 20240419024950.0 240331s9999 xx 000 0 und d UNB 331.4 Ann, Adele Unbroken chains : exploations into the Jaffna dowry system Adele, Ann Jaffna: Malathi press , 1994, 66 p ., " 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 L 0 0 0 0 L WERCL WERCL SSC 2024-03-31 0 331.4 ANN 3610 2024-03-31 2024-03-31 L 2611 2611