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Nayar: central Kerala
Matrilineal kinship • Berkeley • Published In 1961 • Pages: 298-384, 742-746
By: Gough, Kathleen.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This work on the Nayar caste of central Kerala presents an analysis of kinship and matrilineal descent, coupled with an account of Nayar political structure. A brief introduction dealing with the ecology and cultural history of the area is followed by a discussion of the various caste groups of central Kerala, its economic system, warfare and law, Nayar clan organization, lineages and property groups, interpersonal kinship relations (e.g. woman-son, father-daughter), marriage, prerequisites of the kinship system of commoners, kinship in the aristocratic matrilineal castes, a list of kinship terms, and changes in Nayar social organization. Primary emphasis is on a description of the lineage system and its function in society.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Castes
- Rule of descent
- Lineages
- Kin relationships
- Kinship terminology
- Settlement patterns
- Tillage
- Cereal agriculture
- Real property
- Community structure
- Community councils
- External relations
- Taxation and public income
- Warfare
- Form and rules of government
- Military organization
- Household
- Polygamy
- Family relationships
- Basis of marriage
- Regulation of marriage
- Special unions and marriages
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Kerala
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2017
- 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
- essay
- 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
- John Beierle; 1964-1968
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1947-1949
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1342-1949
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- central Kerala, India
- NotesAdditional notes
- Kathleen Gough
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 742-746)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 61007523
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Kerala (India)