TY  - JOUR
AU  - Gough, Kathleen
PY  - 1956
DA  - 1956//
TI  - Brahman kinship in a Tamil village
JO  - American Anthropologist
SP  - 826
EP  - 853
VL  - Vol. 58
PB  - American Anthropological Association, etc.
KW  - Tamil (Indic people)
KW  - Tamil
KW  - Castes
KW  - Lineages
KW  - Family relationships
KW  - Kinship terminology
KW  - Extended families
KW  - Gender status
KW  - Regulation of marriage
AB  - This article explores the 'characteristics of the Brahman kinship system which differentiates it from that of the lower castes: first the Brahman occupations, means of subsistence, and position in the scale of ranked castes; and second, certain moral values deriving from the Sanskrit religious tradition, of which they are the main carriers' (p. 826). The article also provides an analysis of the status of women, marriage preference and regulation, kinship terminology, relationships within the family, and child-rearing. An appendix of Brahman and low-caste kinship terms is included.
SN  - 0002-7294
UR  - https://ehrafworldcultures.yale.edu/document?id=aw16-004
LA  - English
N1  - By E. Kathleen Gough
ID  - aw16-004
Y1  - 2022-05-25
ER  -