essay
Nayar: central Kerala
matrilineal kinship • Berkeley • Published In 1961 • Pages: 298-384, 742-746
By: Gough, Kathleen.
Abstract
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.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2017
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- South Asia
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle; 1964-1968
- Field Date
- 1947-1949
- Coverage Date
- 1342-1949
- Coverage Place
- central Kerala, India
- Notes
- Kathleen Gough
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 742-746)
- LCCN
- 61007523
- LCSH
- Kerala (India)