Book
The Toda of South India: a new look
Hindustan Pub. Corp. • Delhi • Published In 1986 • Pages: xix, 371 , [38] of plates
By: Walker, Anthony R..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This book describes features of Toda society and culture with particular emphasis on formal rules of social organization, relations with the state and neighboring ethnic groups, religious and economic activities of the dairyman, and major rites and ceremonials. In doing so, the book seeks to correct earlier ethnographies which wrongly viewed the Toda as 'isolated' and 'non-Hindu tribal people'. It argues that the Toda have always interacted as part of a wider Nilgiri society which should be viewed as a variety of the much larger Hindu society of South India.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- External relations
- Inter-ethnic relations
- Cultural identity and pride
- Sociocultural trends
- Comparative evidence
- Pastoral activities
- Sacred objects and places
- Real property
- Research and development
- 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
- 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
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2006
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1962-1963, 1965, 1969-1970
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1900-1984
- 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
- Anthony R. Walker
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 302-318)and indexes
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 86903308
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Toda (Indic people)