ISBN:
81-212-0105-5
Language:
English
Pages:
Diagr.; Ill.
Keywords:
Indien Ladakh
;
Himalaya
;
Sikkim
;
Paharia
;
Tibeter
;
Punjab
;
Nayar
;
Kota
;
Gallong
;
Lepcha
;
Polyandrie
;
Heirat
;
Frau und sozialer Status
;
Geschlechterrolle
Description / Table of Contents:
1, Introduction. 2, Polyandry in North and North-western India. Polyandry in Ladakh / J.H. Crook; Persistance in Lahaul / T.K. Ghosh; Polyandry in a high Himalayan society / M.K. Raha, P.C. Coomar; Polyandry in the northwestern Himalayas / Ramesh Chandra; Pahari polyandry / G.D. Berreman; Himalayan polyandry and the domestic cycle / G.D. Berreman; Pahari and Tibetan polyandry revisited / M.C. Goldstein; Polyandry in a Cis-Himalayan community / V.K. Sishaudia; Polyandry among the Jat Sikhs of Punjab / K.P. Singh; 3, Polyandry in South India. The Nayars and the definition of marriage / E.K. Gough; Fraternal polyandry in Malabar / A. Aiyyappan; Polyandry in Malabar / K. Raman Unni; Polyandry in Kota society / D.G. Mandelbaum; Polyandry in the Kota society / I. Verghese; 4, Polyandry in east and northeast India. A note on polyandry among the Gallong / B.K. Das Gupta; The so-called polyandry among the Gallongs / N. Sarkar; Polyandry among the Lepchas of Sikkim / Samit Ghosal; 5, Polyandry in India: special issues. Polyandry in ancient Indian society / P.C. Coomar, M.K. Raha; A note on differential sex ratios and polyandrous people in India / K. Pakrasi; Bow and arrow ceremony of the Toda / B.B. Goswami; Women's role in a polyandrous Cis-Himalayan society / G.S. Bhatt, S.D. Jain; Status of women in polyandrous society / S.B. Nandi.
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