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Female initiation rites on the Malabar Coast
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland • 85 • Published In 1955 • Pages: 45-80
By: Gough, Kathleen.
Abstract
This paper presents a lengthy discussion of the similarities and differences in a form of ritual marriage for prepubescent girls between four regional caste groups, each with a different kinship system: the matrilineal, uxorilocal Nayars of central Kerala (South Malabar and Cochin); the matrilineal, virilocal Nayars of northern Kerala (North Malabar); the matrilineal, virilocal Tiyyars of northern Kerala; and the double unilineal, patrilocal Tiyyars of central Kerala. The findings are summarized in a chart. The author interprets the rite from the standpoint of psychoanalytic theory, in particular a theory of repressed incestuous desires.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2017
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- South Asia
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle; 1966
- Field Date
- 1947-1949
- Coverage Date
- 1510-1949
- Coverage Place
- northern and central Kerala, India
- Notes
- E. Kathleen Gough
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 80)
- LCCN
- sn 79006341
- LCSH
- Kerala (India)