Family and Kinship: A Study of the Pandits of Rural Kashmir

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Asia Publishing House, 1965 - Families - 259 pages

Contents

PROBLEMS AND METHODS I
1
MAPS
5
HISTORY AND SOCIAL ORGA
15
UTRASSUUMANAGRI
29
THE HOMESTEAD AND THE HOUSEHOLD
45
1 BIRTH
73
2 MARRIAGE
101
PLATES
128
Two married women on the left and one unmarried girl related as cousins washing utensils in the common courtyard
128
A Pandit landlord and his Muslim tenant XVI A Pandit being shaved by a Muslim barber while another awaits his turn
128
THE ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF THE HOUSEHOLD
143
PARTITION OF THE HOUSEHOLD
164
THE FAMILY AND THE PATRILINEAGE
181
FIGURES
188
On pages 48 60 61 62 66 70 85 91 105 106 117 161 174 176 184
205
NONAGNATIC KIN
208

A young Pandit couple with their child All their clothes except the mans cap bought in Srinagar are of the old style Pandit women wear golden rings ...
128
A Pandit and his bride at the conclusion of the wedding rites Smoke can be seen rising from the embers of the fire which had been lit to serve as a pu...
128
A young Pandit mother and her son She is wearing a sari
128
A Pandit womans body being made ready for removal to the cremation ground It has been given a ritual bath wrapped in white cloth and placed on ...
128
HOUSEHOLD AND THE FAMILY AMONG THE PANDITS
219
Economic Relations between the Pandits and the Muslims
220
Comparison of Incidence VI Incidence of various Modes of Recruitment to the Household VII Incidence of various Types of Marriage VIII Sources ...
254
Incidence of the Sources of Household Income 150
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