Book
A Punjabi village in Pakistan
Columbia University Press • New York • Published In 1960 • Pages:
By: Eglar, Zekiye Suleyman.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a comprehensive account of reciprocal gift exchanges—especially those around marriage—that occur in a rural Punjabi village, serving to cement ties between castes, professions, lineages and villages. The author describes how women are at the center of these exchanges and maintain exact records of each transaction. Modern changes in land ownership, inheritance, education, and economic opportunities outside the village have curtailed some of the ceremonies, but ties to community and people remain strong.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Woven and other interworked fabrics
- Gift giving
- Castes
- Visiting and hospitality
- Ethics
- Nuptials
- Household
- Kin relationships
- Lineages
- Community structure
- Inter-community relations
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- West Punjabi
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- South Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard; 2020
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1949-1955
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1949-1955
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Mohla Kalan, Gujrat , Punjab, Pakistan
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Zekiye Eglar
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-230) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 60006751
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Villages--Pakistan--Case studies
- Mohla (Pakistan)
- Punjab (Pakistan)--Social life and customs