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100			_aAnn, Adele
245		0	_aUnbroken chains : _bexploations into the Jaffna dowry system _cAdele, Ann
260			_aJaffna: _bMalathi press , _c1994,
300			_a66 p .,
500			_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
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