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Kinship fact and fiction in relation to the Kandyan Sinhalesearticle 1965 • Tambiah, Stanley Jeyaraja
Sinhalese • Asia > South Asia
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...The structure of kinship and its relationship to land possession and residence in Pata Dumbara, central Ceylonarticle 1958 • Tambiah, Stanley Jeyaraja
Sinhalese • Asia > South Asia
This short study on the social structure of Pata Dumbara District in central Ceylon presents facts regarding the dynamics of Sinhalese kinship by showing the nexus of kin terminology, marriage...Sri LankaBook 1991 • Tambiah, Stanley Jeyaraja
Sinhalese • Asia > South Asia
This work focuses on the historical events of the post-independence period (ca. 1948) of Sri Lanka and contains a critical analysis by Tambiah of the causes of the violent conflict between the...Buddhism betrayed?Book 1992 • Tambiah, Stanley Jeyaraja
Sinhalese • Asia > South Asia
This document discusses the role and participation of Buddhist monks and lay persons, adherents of a non-violent philosophy, in the fierce political violence of the Sinhalese majority against ...The disintegrating villageBook 1957 • Sarkar, N. K. & Tambiah, Stanley Jeyaraja
Sinhalese • Asia > South Asia
This socio-economic survey examines land problems, especially of the paddy land of Pata Dumbara valley, with the objective of showing the disintegration of the rural society in the Kandyan are...