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
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : Tamil preferential marriages
  • The Kallars and Dumont's theory of alliance
  • Doing the right thing
  • The remainders of right marriages
  • The younger brother takes less
  • The unbearable weight of marrying kin
  • The wrongness of kin
  • Love in the time of youth
  • Conclusion : the present is not another country.

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