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Marriage rules in Bengal

American anthropologist • 68 (4) • Published In 1966 • Pages: 951-970

By: Klass, Morton.

Abstract
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: arranged marriage, kin group exogamy/endogamy, intensification of ties, and extension of ties. Each of these features is described in great detail in the text. Klass suggests that the approach used here in the study of Bengal marriage regulations might provide '…greater insight for the study of Indian marriage patterns than the more traditional dichotomy: North India characterized by village exogamy, South Indian characterized by preferential close-kin marriage' (p. 951).]
Subjects
Theoretical orientation in research and its results
Basis of marriage
Regulation of marriage
Arranging a marriage
culture
Bengali
HRAF PubDate
2002
Region
Asia
Sub Region
South Asia
Document Type
article
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
John Beierle ; 1992
Field Date
no date ['a year' p. 967]
Coverage Date
not specified
Coverage Place
District Burdwan, West Bengal, India
Notes
[by] Morton Klass
LCSH
Bengalis