The right spouse : preferential marriages in Tamil Nadu / Isabelle Clark-Dec�es.
By: Clark-Dec�es, Isabelle [author.].
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BookPublisher: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2014]Copyright date: �2014Description: 1 online resource (217 pages) : illustrations.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780804790505 (e-book).Subject(s): Tamil (Indic people) -- Marriage customs and rites | Tamil (Indic people) -- Kinship | Marriage -- India -- Tamil Nadu | Kinship -- India -- Tamil Nadu | Endogamy and exogamy -- India -- Tamil Nadu | Tamil Nadu (India) -- Social life and customsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 954/.82 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : Tamil preferential marriages -- The Kallars and Dumont's theory of alliance -- Doing the right thing -- The remainders of right marriages -- The younger brother takes less -- The unbearable weight of marrying kin -- The wrongness of kin -- Love in the time of youth -- Conclusion : the present is not another country.
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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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