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Marriage and law among the Bhils of Rajasthan
Eastern anthropologist • 40 (2) • Published In 1987 • Pages: 87-99
By: Rūpa Singha.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article is a survey of the customary law, conventions, and practices regulating Bhil marriage in Rajasthan, northwest India. The author describes the various modes of marriage in Bhil society many of which are in conflict with the Indian Penal code, and how these conflicts are resolved by the traditional tribal councils in contrast to official courts of law.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Community councils
- Legal norms
- Mode of marriage
- Arranging a marriage
- Judicial authority
- Sex and marital offenses
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Bhil
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- 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
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Social Scientist
- 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; 2008
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- state of Rajasthan, northwest India
- NotesAdditional notes
- Roop Singh
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 99)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 59030548
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Bhil (Indic people)