Book
The traditional kinship system of the Nayars of Malabar
Prepared for the Social Science Research Council Summer Seminar on Kinship, Harvard University • [S.L.] • Published In 1954 • Pages:
By: Gough, Kathleen.
Abstract
This is a historical-functional analysis of Nayar caste kinship structure. A brief survey of the history of the Malabar (northern Kerala) coast reveals that there have traditionally been three major political areas, each with a different kinship system. The author discusses how the central area of South Malabar and Cochin (central Kerala) is differentiated into sub-castes, each having separate administrative functions, and each having a kinship system influenced by occupation, relationship to the land, and historical traditions. Evidence is presented for the emergence of a bilateral system. A concluding section deals with the structure of royal lineages.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2017
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- South Asia
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- R. H. Ewald; 1956
- Field Date
- 1947-1949
- Coverage Date
- 1792-1954
- Coverage Place
- northern and central Kerala, India
- Notes
- E. Kathleen Gough
- Unpublished manuscript ; prepared for the Social Science Reserch Council Summer Seminar on kinship at Harvard University, 1954
- The HRAF manuscript is a typed copy of a mimeographed original. Original page numbers appear in brackets in the text. Map I from the original has not been reproduced.
- LCSH
- Kerala (India)