Book
Maria murder and suicide
Pub. for Man in India by H. Milford, Oxford University Press • Bombay • Published In 1943 • Pages:
By: Elwin, Verrier.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This book, by a British social anthropologist who is one of the foremost experts on tribal India, is an analysis and discussion of Bison Horn Maria murder and suicide based on court records of the cases and discussion with participants, when available, and with relatives and neighbors. The Bison Horn Maria have a very high percentage of murder and suicide when compared to neighboring peoples and to western society. Elwin tries to work out motives in terms of Maria culture - the main ones he discerns being witchcraft and magic, marital infidelity, the desire to eliminate people, property disputes, revenge, fatigue, familial antagonisms, alcohol and lunacy. The book closes with Elwin's recommendations concerning the handling of cases, criminals, and prisons. There are two appendices: a table of 100 Maria homicides; and a table of 50 Maria suicides.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Crime
- Offenses against life
- Ingroup antagonisms
- Eschatology
- Suicide
- Sex and marital offenses
- Alcoholic beverages
- Prisons and jails
- Burial practices and funerals
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Gond
- 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
- Book
- 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
- Timothy J. O'Leary; 1958: John Beierle; 2010
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1935-1942
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1935-1942
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Bison Horn Maria, Bastar State, India
- NotesAdditional notes
- Verrier Elwin ; with a foreword by W. V. Grigson
- Published for Man in India
- Includes bibliographical references (252-253)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- a 45003663
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Murder--India--Bastar
- Suicide--India--Bastar
- Gond (Indic people)