book chapter
The polyandry of the Thandans (Tiyas), Kammalans, and other artisan castes of Kerala
study of polyandry • The Hague • Published In 1963 • Pages: 159-239, 594-601
By: Peter, Prince of Greece.
Abstract
This chapter from a broader study focuses the polyandry of the artisan castes of Kerala. Although some background information is given, the bulk of the material describes individual polyandrous households and gives genealogical charts for each.
- Subjects
- Traditional history
- History
- Territorial hierarchy
- External relations
- Ethnic stratification
- Castes
- Classes
- Occupational specialization
- Religious denominations
- Purification and atonement
- Avoidance and taboo
- Clans
- Basis of marriage
- Regulation of marriage
- Special unions and marriages
- Sexual intercourse
- culture
- Kerala
- HRAF PubDate
- 2017
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- South Asia
- Document Type
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle; 1965
- Field Date
- 1939, 1949
- Coverage Date
- 1792-1949
- Coverage Place
- northern and central Kerala, India
- Notes
- Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark
- Only pages 159-239, 575-601 and accompanying plates (fig. 5-17), map ii, tables 3-20 have been processed for the Aw11 Kerala file
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 594-601)
- LCCN
- 63006065
- LCSH
- Kerala (India)