book chapter
A study of polyandry
Mouton • The Hague • Published In 1963 • Pages:
By: Peter, Prince of Greece.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This section, which is only one of several on various polyandrous tribal groups contained in this volume on polyandry, was written on the basis of two field trips made by the author in the summer of 1939 and from May to September in 1949. The author, a professional anthropologist, presents in this source a general background study of Toda culture, covering briefly such aspects of ethnology as topography, settlement patterns, population, religion, relations with surrounding tribes, language, social organization, ceremonials during childhood, child care and feeding, infanticide, and the dairy complex. With this information as background, the author then proceeds to a more detailed discussion of Toda polyandry, much of which is based on his study of the village of Melgarsh (chief village of the Melgarsh modol). The document also contains several life histories (primarily of childrens behavior), obtained from the study of the village above.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Polygamy
- Regulation of marriage
- Arranging a marriage
- Clans
- External relations
- Cultural identity and pride
- Historical reconstruction
- General character of religion
- Gender status
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Toda
- 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 chapter
- 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; 1964-1965
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1939, 1949
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1939-1949
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Nilgiri Hills, southern India
- NotesAdditional notes
- H.R.H. Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark
- Only p. 240-300 and accompanying plates (figs. 18-33), map, and tables (21-25) are included in this collection
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 594-601)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 63006065
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Toda (Indic people)