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Society from the inside out : anthropological perspectives on the South Asian household
- Title
- Society from the inside out : anthropological perspectives on the South Asian household / edited by John N. Gray, David J. Mearns.
- Publication
- New Delhi ; Newbury Park : Sage Publications, 1989.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | HQ666.5 .S58 1989 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 263 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- Contributed articles on the households as domestic groups in various social structures of South Asia.
- Subject
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Foreword / T.N. Madan -- Introduction : household and domestic group : society from the inside out / John N. Gray and David J. Mearns -- Studying the household : individuation and values / Ursula Sharma -- The joint family household in rural Rajasthan : ecological, cultural and demographic conditions for its occurrence / Pauline Kolenda -- Household form and formation : variability and social change among South Indian Muslims / Sylvia Vatuk -- The household in Nepal : social and experiential crucible of society / John N. Gray -- Subjection and the domicile : some problematic issues relating to high caste Nepalese women / Vivienne Kondos -- Households in Akkaraipattu : dowry and domestic organisation among the matrilineal Tamils and Moors of Sri Lanka / Dennis McGilvray -- Households and social identity : domestic group, domestic space and ritual contexts amongst Indians in Malaysia / David J. Mearns.
- ISBN
- 0803996098
- 9780803996090
- 817036146X
- 9788170361466
- LCCN
- 89031724
- OCLC
- ocm19513235
- 19513235
- SCSB-1900509
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library