Khap Panchayat : Women And Honour Killing [Hardcover] By Dr Deepa Awasthi

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Book Details: Complete Title: Khap Panchayat : Women and Honour Killing [Hardcover] Author: Dr Deepa Awasthi Language: English No. Of Pages: 296 About the Book- ABOUT THE BOOK: This knowledge based edited book titled 'Khap Panchayat, Women and Honour Killing' is collection of 20 chapters categorised in to 04 sections A) Understanding the Khap Panchayats, B) Khap Panchayats and Discrimination against Women, C) Khap Panchayats, Honour Crime and Laws, D) Khap and other Non State Agencies . The chapters included in the book has been written by eminent scholars after extensive research, with the intention to provide complete information to its readers about the khaps their origin, expansion, constitution, ideology, legality, challanges created by them and about their dispute resolving machinery known as khap panchayats. These khap panchayats attracted the attention of media due to their verdicts promoting various types of honour crimes including honour killing . This book also focuses on the issue of brutal killing of couples residing in khap affected areas and opt for inter caste, inter religious and sagotra marriages. I hope this timely effort , first of its kind would be liked by the readers. About the Author- ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Dr. Decpa Awasthi, Editor of this book is Doctorate in Education and Post Graduate in Education , Sociology and Economics. She has qualified UGC JRF in Education and Sociology as well and has equal command on both the subjects. She has participated and presented her research papers in more than 50 national and international seminars and conferences. She has also edited a book on sociological issue titled "Eve Teasing: A Social Epidemic" and also edited a book series titled "Girl Education in India Still Miles to Cover" in 03 volumes. Her publication work also involves 12 chapters in edited books, 03 research papers in form of conference and seminar proceedings and 17research paper and articles in various journals of national and international repute. Her keen interest areas include the sociological issues related to women and various issues related to field of Education. Contents- CONTENTS: Acknowledgements . 9 Author’s Introduction . 11 Introduction . 21 Section–A Understanding the Khap Panchayats 1. Past and Present of Khap Panchayats: Social and Cultural Perspective . 39 —Vidya Vati 2. Sociopolitical Role of Khap Panchayat in India . 51 —Dr Mehnaz Najmi 3. Barbaric Acts of Khap Panchayats – Who is Responsible? . 63 —Dr Deepa Awasthi 4. Affirmative Aspects of Khap Panchayat . 73 —Goldy Gupta 5. Threatening Khap Panchayats . 83 —Palwinder Kaur Section–B Khap Panchayats and Discrimination Against Women 6. Khap Panchayats and their Discriminative Practices against Women . 95 —Dr Rashmi Singh 7. Equally Unequal: Gender Discrimination by Khap Panchayats . 107 —Dr Meenakshi Dwivedi 8. Complete Control over Women: The Illegal Intentions of Khap Panchayats . 121 —Dr Deepa Awasthi 6 Khap Panchayat, Women and Honour Killing 9. Corelating the Existence of Khap with Skewed Sex Ratio in Haryana . 131 —Dr Deepa Awasthi 10. Khap Panchayat and Discrimination Against Women . 143 —Sharabani Mazumdar Section–C Kahp Panchayats, Honour Crimes and Laws 11. Nothing Honourable in Honour Killings: A Study of Khap Panchayats, Honour Killings and the Response of Indian Judiciary . 159 —Zainab Farhat and Dr Nagendra Ambedkar Sole 12. A Critical Jurisprudential Appraisal of Law and Justice in Crime of Honour Killings and Role of Khap Panchayats in India . 177 —Dr Amit Kashyap and Shashi Bala Kashyap 13. Administrative Crisis in Dealing with the Honour Crimes . 195 —Sandesh Yadav 14. Khap Panchayats: Killing for Honour or for the Ego . 207 —Dr Amit Kashyap, Shashi Bala Kashyap and Dr Amita Raj Gargey 15. Khap Panchayats and Honour Killings . 223 —Nutan Sharma 16. Khap Panchayats as Agencies of Honour Crimes . 231 —Sandesh Yadav and Professor Haseena Hashia 17. Role of Khap Panchayat in Promoting Honour Killing . 243 —Ruchi Dhyani Section–D Khap Panchayats and other NonState Agencies 18. Media Standing Tall Against Feudal Khap Panchayats . 255 —Dr Deepa Awasthi 19. Khap Panchayat as Parallel Judicial System . 265 —Manvi Manisha Tigga 20. Khap Panchayat, Intercaste and Interreligious Love Marriages . 275 —Preeti Index . 285

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Pages: 296

Book Title: Khap Panchayat : Women and Honour Killing [Hardcover] by Dr Deepa

Country/Region of Manufacture: India

Topic: Book

Format: Hardcover

Original Language: English

Author: Dr Deepa Awasthi

Publication Year: 2016

Language: English

Intended Audience: Adult

Publisher: Kalpaz Publications

Edition: 1st

Genre: Sociology / Women Studies

Features: Hardcover

Type: Book

Size: 5.25 x 8.5