The right spouse : preferential marriages in Tamil Nadu /

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The Right Spouse is an engaging investigation into Tamil (South Indian) preferential close kin marriages, so-called Dravidian Kinship. This book offers a description and an interpretation of preferential marriages with close kin in South India, as they used to be arranged and experienced in the rece...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Clark-Decès, Isabelle, 1956-2017 (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2014.
Temas:
Tamil (Indic people) > Marriage customs and rites.
Tamil (Indic people) > Kinship.
Marriage > India > Tamil Nadu.
Kinship > India > Tamil Nadu.
Endogamy and exogamy > India > Tamil Nadu.
Tamouls > Parenté.
Mariage > Inde > Tamil Nadu.
Parenté > Inde > Tamil Nadu.
HISTORY > Asia > India & South Asia.
Endogamy and exogamy
Kinship
Manners and customs
Marriage
Tamil (Indic people) > Marriage customs and rites
Tamil Nadu (India) > Social life and customs.
Tamil Nadu (Inde) > Mœurs et coutumes.
India > Tamil Nadu
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Sumario:The Right Spouse is an engaging investigation into Tamil (South Indian) preferential close kin marriages, so-called Dravidian Kinship. This book offers a description and an interpretation of preferential marriages with close kin in South India, as they used to be arranged and experienced in the recent past and as they are increasingly discontinued in the present. Clark-Decès presents readers with a focused anthropology of this waning marriage system: its past, present, and dwindling future. The book takes on the main pillars of Tamil social organization, considers the ways in which Tamil inter.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780804790505
0804790507

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