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The right spouse : preferential marriages in Tamil Nadu /

Main Author: Clark-Decαes, Isabelle, 1956- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Subjects:
Tamil (Indic people) > Marriage customs and rites.
Tamil (Indic people) > Kinship.
Marriage > India > Tamil Nadu.
Kinship > India > Tamil Nadu.
Endogamy and exogamy > India
Tamil Nadu (India) > Social life and customs. > Tamil Nadu.
Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10849367
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Tamil preferential marriages
  • The Kallars and Dumont's theory of alliance
  • Doing the right thing
  • The remainders of right marriages
  • The younger brother takes less
  • The unbearable weight of marrying kin
  • The wrongness of kin
  • Love in the time of youth
  • Conclusion : the present is not another country.

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