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Marriage among the Trio : a principle of social organisation

Title
Marriage among the Trio : a principle of social organisation / Peter Rivière.
Author
Rivière, Peter.
Publication
Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1969.

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Description
xviii, 353 pages, 12 plates : illustrations, genealogical tables, maps; 23 cm
Subject
  • Trio Indians > Marriage customs and rites
  • Marriage > Suriname
  • Indians of South America > Marriage customs and rites
  • Trio Indians
  • Marriage customs and rites > Suriname
  • Trio Indians
  • Marriage customs and rites
  • Indians of South America > Marriage customs and rites
  • Marriage
  • Huwelijk
  • Sociale organisatie
  • Trio (volk)
  • Marriage > Surinam
  • Indians of South America > Suriname > Marriage customs and rites
  • Suriname
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. [334]-342.
Contents
Background to the trio. The setting ; history of the trio ; Selected aspects of trio culture -- Trio society : the facts. The criteria of social classification ; The criteria in action ; The pattern of residence ; Trio marriage -- Trio society : content and meaning. Life's dull round : co-operating kin ; Life's dull round : obligated affines ; Inside and out ; Dancing and distrusting ; Nature and culture ; Comparative and theoretical aspects.
ISBN
  • 0198231512
  • 9780198231516
LCCN
73476127
OCLC
  • ocm00085747
  • 85747
  • SCSB-162859
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library