Culture, creation, and procreation : concepts of kinship in South Asian practice /

Continuing the debate in the socialsciences on notions of well-being and the person, and the more general discussion on structure and agency, this book considers native models of well-being within a framework of kinship studies.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Böck, Monika, Rao, Aparna
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Berghahn Books, 2000.
Series:	Online access with JISC subscription agreement: ACLS Humanities E-Books.
Subjects:	Kinship > South Asia. South Asia > Social life and customs. Parenté > Asie méridionale. Asie méridionale > Mœurs et coutumes. Kinship. Manners and customs. South Asia. verwantschap kinship sociale antropologie social anthropology sociale gebruiken social customs south asia Descent Afstamming
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Table of Contents:

Introduction : Indigenous models and kinship theories : an introduction to a South Asian perspective / Monika Böck, Aparna Rao
PART ONE: COMMUNITY AND PERSON
We, the brothers of tiger and bamboo : on the notions of person and kin in the Eastern hills of Nepal / Charlotte Hardman
Village bodies? Reflections on locality, constitution, and affect in Rajasthani kinship / Helen Lambert
Blood, milk, and mountains : marriage practice and concepts of predictability among the Bakkarwal of Jammu and Kashmir / Aparna Rao
Kinship, creation, and procreation among the Vagri of South India / Lukas Werth
Nature, nurture, and kinship : body fluids and experience in the social organisation and identity of a peripatetic people / Joseph C. Berland
PART TWO: GENDER AND CHANGE
Kinship and gender identity : some notes on Marumakkathayam in Kerala / Marion H.G. den Uyl
Habitus and its implications in constructing kinship ties : data from a Bangladesh settlement in Britain / Sultana M. Khanum
Kinship and marriage in the construction of identity and group boundaries among Indians in Mauritius / Oddvar Hollup
Theatre of memory : ritual kinship performances of the African diaspora in Pakistan / Helene Basu
Kinship as anger : relations of resentment in Kalasha divination / Peter Parkes
Marriage strategies in Lahore : projections of a model marriage on social processes / Michael Fischer, Wenonah Lyon
Power and fertility : divine kinship in South India / Anthony Good.