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Marriage rules in Bengalarticle 1966 • Klass, Morton
Bengali • Asia > South Asia
This article presents a structural analysis of the rules regulating marriage choices in West Bengal. The author notes four structural features that are significant in the Bengal variant of typical Indian marriage patterns, namely in regard to: arrang...From field to factoryBook 1978 • Klass, Morton
Bengali • Asia > South Asia
This work is a study of the contemporary village of Gôndôgram (a pseudonymn) in West Bengal, India, during the early 1970s. The author explores and illustrates the complexities of community life in the village through the media of discussions on econ...