C. J. Fuller

The Nayars Today

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This 1976 study examines the Nayars of Kerala who, unusually, trace descent through the female line.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 186
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. August 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 242g
• ISBN-13: 9780521290913
• ISBN-10: 0521290910
• Artikelnr.: 26950971

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations
List of tables
Preface
1. 'The Nobles of Malabar': foreign images of the Nayars
2. Introduction to the Nayas in Central Travancore
3. The Nayar kinship system in Ramankara
4. The Nayar marriage system in Ramankara
5. The 'traditional' Nayar marriage system
6. The disintegration of the matrilineal joint-family system
Notes
Glossary
References
Index.