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Dominant Daughters-in-Law and Submissive Mothers-in-Law? Cooperation and Conflict in South India
stereotype motherinlaw daughterinlaw relations india dominating motherinlaw submissive daughterinlaw however residents lowincome settlements chennai formerly called madras argue daughtersinlaw longer submit demands wishes mothersinlaw rural tamil nadu south indian state chennai capital rather culturally determined relations mothersinlaw daughtersinlaw shaped shifting physical social economic dependencies expectations dependence future many families social economic developments redefining relations older younger generations developments expected deleterious effect older womens capacity support secure support family mothersinlaw adopting variety strategies towards daughtersinlaw including appeasement