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Marriage preferences and ethnic relations among Durrani Pashtuns of Afghan Turkestan
Folk • 24 • Published In 1982 • Pages: 155-177
By: Lindisfarne-Tapper, Nancy, Tapper, Richard.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article examines the connection between the character of the Durrani system of marriage and their relations with other non-Durrani Pashtun groups. The authors discuss the way in which the Durrani express social inequality in terms of patrilineality, patriarchy, and the procreative role of women. They find that the Durrani constitute an 'aristocracy' who attempt to use marriage and the control of women to consolidate and increase their status and privileged position with regard to important resources.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Basis of marriage
- Regulation of marriage
- Life history materials
- Ingroup antagonisms
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Tribe and nation
- Kin relationships
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Pashtun
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2002
- 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
- article
- 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
- Gerald Reid ; 1988
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1970-1972
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1970-1972
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Durrani Pashtuns, north-central Afghanistan
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Nancy Tapper and Richard Tapper
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 177)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Pushtuns