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Kinship fact and fiction in relation to the Kandyan Sinhalese

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britian and Ireland95 • Published In 1965 • Pages: 131-173

By: Tambiah, Stanley Jeyaraja.

Abstract
In this comparative study of the three Kandyan villages (Leach's Pul Eliya, Yalman's Teripehe and the author's Rambukkoluwa) in which a formal critique of Yalman's views on kindred is included, Tambiah examines Sinhalese kinship structure in the frame of theory of the dialect between kinship fiction and fact.
Subjects
Kinship
Kin groups
culture
Sinhalese
HRAF PubDate
1997
Region
Asia
Sub Region
South Asia
Document Type
article
Evaluation
Creator Type
Sociologist
Document Rating
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Dubravka Schmalzbauer ; John Beierle ; 1969-1972
Field Date
1955-1959
Coverage Date
not specified
Coverage Place
Pul Eliya, Teripehe, and Rambukkoluwa, Sri Lanka
Notes
S. J. Tambiah
Includes bibliographical references (p. 172-173)
LCCN
sn79006341
LCSH
Sinhalese (Sri Lankan people)