essay
The cultural construction of the person in Bengal and Tamilnadu
concepts of person : kinship, caste, and marriage in india • Cambridge, Mass. • Published In 1982 • Pages: 8-30, 235-236 [notes], 250-251 [references]
By: Fruzzetti, Lina M., östör, Akos, Barnett, Steve.
Abstract
This article, which builds upon Dumont's work dealing with the construction of Indian culture, alliance systems, and developmental frameworks applicable to the entire subcontinent of India, is basically a comparative study of Bengali and Tamil ideas about kinship and marriage alliances. The authors present a cultural construction of the person based on relationships and blood and marriage ties which lead to units of equivalence in kinship lines. Despite its frequent theoretical 'asides', the source does present some interesting data on kinship relations and terminology and on concepts of marriage. Comparative data on the Tamil (AW16) have been marked for Category 171 along with whatever other substantive OCM categories apply to the Bengali.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2002
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- South Asia
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 1992
- Field Date
- none
- Coverage Date
- not specified
- Coverage Place
- India
- Notes
- [by] Lina Fruzzetti, Akos östör, and Steve Barnett
- LCCN
- 82002891
- LCSH
- Bengalis