Keep Her Under Control: Law's Patriarchy in India Movie Review 1998

Story of a woman refusing to live by the moral and legal codes of her Muslim-dominated village reveals the challenges of being an Islamic female. Discusses duties of adolescent girls, marriage customs, dowry issues, relationships with mothers-in-law, rights to land ownership, and spirit possessions.

Distribution

University of California Extension Ctr. for Media & Independent Learning, 2000 Center St., 4th Fl., Berkeley, CA 94704, Phone: (510)642-0460, Fax: (510)643-9271, Email: mediaservices@ucxonline.berkeley.edu

Available on VHS
Running time 52 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

India, Women, Anthropology