book chapter
A study of polyandry
Mouton and Co. • The Hague • Published In 1963 • Pages:
By: Peter, Prince of Greece.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document is the second part of Chapter 4 of a comprehensive study of polyandry and deals with polyandry in U, Tsang, Kham and other provinces of Tibet, as investigated from Kalimpong, West Bengal, India. After giving general political, social and economic information as a background, a detailed discussion of polyandry is presented. Many genealogies are included, mainly of the aristocratic families of Lhasa and Shigatse. A brief addendum on the 'Effects and Aims of the Chinese Communist Occupation of Tibet' is of interest. Field work was conducted briefly during 1938 and more extensively between 1950 and 1957. Interviewing was done both with and without the aid of interpreters as the author learned the Tibetan language.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Polygamy
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tibetans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Joan Steffens ; 1965-1966
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1950-1957
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Tibet
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Peter, Prince of Greece and Denmark
- Only pp. 394-482 and accompanying plates (plates 34-48, map vi, sketch 2, tables 38-48, have been included
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 63006065
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tibet (China)--Marriage