essay

The auspicious married woman

powers of Tamil women (6)Published In 1991 • Pages: 35-60

By: Reynolds, Holly Baker.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This paper seeks to explore the nature of the married woman's power, its sources, and the way in which conceptions of female power motivate female ritual activity (p. 36).
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Gender status
Adulthood
Puberty and initiation
Purification and atonement
Ornament
Nuptials
Celibacy
Spirits and gods
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Tamil
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2009
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.
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
John Beierle; 2007
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1973-1975
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1973-1975
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Madurai District, Tamil Nadu, India
NotesAdditional notes
Holly Baker Reynolds
Includes bibliographical references (p. 59-60)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
91035987
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Tamil (Indic people)