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Family and kinship: a study of the Pandits of rural Kashmir

Oxford University PressDelhiPublished In 1989 • Pages:

By: Madan, T. N..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This comprehensive ethnography of the Kashmiri Pandit family and kinship system discusses the clustered patrilineage settlement patterns within and between rural villages. The author is careful to emphasize religious and occupational identities over nominal caste affiliations.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Real property
Inheritance
Marriage
Family
Kinship
Lineages
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Kashmiri
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2023
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; 2022
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1957-1958
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1957-1958
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Uttersoo-Brariangan (Utrassu-Umanagri), Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir, India
NotesAdditional notes
T.N. Madan ; with a foreword by J.A. Barnes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-315) and index
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
90900139
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Kashmiri Pandits
Jammu and Kashmir (India)--Social life and customs