William Halse Rivers Rivers

The Todas

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A physician and psychotherapist, W. H. R. Rivers (1864â 1922) was also interested in anthropology. In 1901â 2 he studied the genealogies and customs of the Todas, inhabitants of a high plateau in south-west India. This illustrated book, published in 1906, was regarded as a standard ethnography for half a century.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Library Collection - Anthropology
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 784
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 46mm
• Gewicht: 1g
• ISBN-13: 9781108079129
• ISBN-10: 1108079121
• Artikelnr.: 42362138

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Introduction
2. The Toda people
3. Dairies and buffaloes
4. The village dairy
5. The Ti dairy
6. Buffalo migrations
7. Ordination ceremonies
8. Special dairy ceremonies
9. The Toda gods
10. Prayer
11. The dairy ritual
12. Divination and magic
13. Sacrifice and offerings
14. Birth and childhood ceremonies
15. Funeral ceremonies
16. Funeral ceremonies (cont.)
17. Sacred days and numbers
18. Sacred places and objects
19. The Toda religion
20. Genealogies and population
21. Kinship
22. Marriage
23. Social organisation
24. Arts and amusements
25. Language
26. Personal names
27. Relations with other tribes
28. The clans of the Todas
29. Teivaliol and Tartharol
30. The origin and history of the Todas
Appendices 1-4
Glossary
Index.