03052nam 2200697 450 991046392580332120200520144314.00-8047-9050-710.1515/9780804790505(CKB)2670000000545079(EBL)1651779(SSID)ssj0001132893(PQKBManifestationID)12464462(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001132893(PQKBWorkID)11154990(PQKB)10132720(MiAaPQ)EBC1651779(DE-B1597)564933(DE-B1597)9780804790505(Au-PeEL)EBL1651779(CaPaEBR)ebr10849367(OCoLC)874321424(OCoLC)1198931923(EXLCZ)99267000000054507920131017h20142014 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe right spouse preferential marriages in Tamil Nadu /Isabelle Clark-DecèsStanford, California :Stanford University Press,[2014]©20141 online resource (217 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8047-9049-3 0-8047-8806-5 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.The Right Spouse is an engaging investigation into Tamil (South Indian) preferential close kin marriages, so-called Dravidian Kinship. This book offers a description and an interpretation of preferential marriages with close kin in South India, as they used to be arranged and experienced in the recent past and as they are increasingly discontinued in the present. Clark-Decès presents readers with a focused anthropology of this waning marriage system: its past, present, and dwindling future. The book takes on the main pillars of Tamil social organization, considers the ways Tamil (Indic people)Marriage customs and ritesTamil (Indic people)KinshipMarriageIndiaTamil NaduKinshipIndiaTamil NaduEndogamy and exogamyIndiaTamil NaduTamil Nadu (India)Social life and customsElectronic books.Tamil (Indic people)Marriage customs and rites.Tamil (Indic people)Kinship.MarriageKinshipEndogamy and exogamy954/.82Clark-Decès Isabelle1956-992530MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463925803321The right spouse2456053UNINA