The right spouse : preferential marriages in Tamil Nadu / Isabelle Clark-Deces.

By: Clark-Deces, Isabelle, 1956- [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2014]Copyright date: 2014Description: 1 online resource (217 pages) : illustrationsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780804790505Subject(s): 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 | Tamil Nadu (India) -- Social life and customsGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Right spouse : preferential marriages in Tamil Nadu.DDC classification: 954/.82 LOC classification: DS432.T3 | C63 2014Online resources: Click to View
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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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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