Gender, Kinship and Property Rights: Nagarattar Womanhood in South IndiaOxford University Press, 1998 - 343 من الصفحات Here is an original, contemporary, and gendered look at kinship terminology and cross-cousin marriage in Tamil Nadu. Specifically, this ethnography profiles a prominent mercantile class known as the Nagarattar--a people notable for both their entrepreneurial success in the modern world and their adherence to long-standing values, rituals, and family traditions. The book offers a useful as well as readable perspective of womanhood in South India. |
المحتوى
The Morality of Endogamy | 40 |
Kinship and the Internal Structure of | 76 |
of the Maternal Uncle | 100 |
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عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
aacchi According alliance AMM group ancestral house auspicious Brahman Brahman priest bride brother cash caste ceremony Chettinadu Chettiyar couple cross-cousin marriage daughter Deepavali diamond dowry Dumont economic endogamy exchange father female funeral gift-exchange gift-giving gifts girl give given gold gold sovereigns groom groom's side hierarchy Hindu household husband ibid inauspicious India Isai Vellalar isogamy jewellery joint family kaluttiru Karaikkudi kin and affines kinship Komutti lineage live maintains male Maravars married woman maternal uncle mother mother-in-law mother's house Nacchiammai Nagarat Nagarattar women natal family non-Brahman non-Nagarattar pangaalis parents patrilineal pollution Pongal puberty pulli puroohita Ramasamy relationship relatives ritual role rudraksha saamaan saandi saree Savittri sexual share Shiva Sigappi Aacchi siir danam sister social South Indian status sumangali symbol taali Tamil Nadu turmeric veetti veevu Vellalar vessels village walavu viidu walavu waasal wedding ritual widow wife wife-giver wife-taker wife's worship