The right spouse : preferential marriages in Tamil Nadu / Isabelle Clark-Decès.
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 rece...
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The right spouse : |b preferential marriages in Tamil Nadu / |c Isabelle Clark-Decès. |
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| 505 | 0 | |a 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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