Toda : AW60.

Format:

Website/Database

Contributor:

Human Relations Area Files, Inc.

Series:

eHRAF world cultures. Asia.

eHRAF world cultures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Toda (Indic people).

Ethnology--India.

Ethnology.

India.

India--Civilization.

Civilization.

Place of Publication:

New Haven, Conn. : Human Relations Area Files, 2010-

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Summary:

This collection of 9 documents covers a variety of cultural, linguistic and historical information from 1870s to 1980s. The earliest account was compiled by William Marshall, a British colonial official who, with help from missionaries in the Nilgiri hills, visited the Toda in 1870. It provides a firsthand description of Toda villages, family system, marriage and burial customs, diet, religion and rituals. Marshall's portrait of the Toda was largely shaped by a mix of European stereotypes and phrenological inferences. The remaining documents are based on research conducted in the 1900s, 1930s, 1940s and 1980s. W. H. R. Rivers systematically covers a broad range of Toda culture as observed in 1901-1902. The works of Emeneau and Peter compliment Rivers by documenting and examining more specific aspects of Toda culture including marriage regulations and taboos, beliefs and practices associated with menstruation, language and social forms and patterns of acculturation.

Contents:

Toda marriage regulations and taboos ; Toda culture thirty-five years after, an acculturation study ; Toda menstruation practices ; Language and social forms, a study of Toda kinship and dual descent / Murray B. Emeneau

A phrenologist amongst the Todas / William E. Marshall

A study of polyandry / H.R.H. Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark

The Todas / William Halse Rivers

Culture summary, Toda ; The Toda of South India, a new look / Anthony R. Walker.

Notes:

Title from Web page (viewed Nov. 2, 2011).

This portion of eHRAF world cultures was last updated in 2010 and is a revision and update of the microfiche file.

Includes bibliographical references.

Contains:

Emeneau, M. B. (Murray Barnson), 1904-2005. Toda marriage regulations and taboos.

Emeneau, M. B. (Murray Barnson), 1904-2005. Toda culture thirty-five years after, an acculturation study.

Emeneau, M. B. (Murray Barnson), 1904-2005. Toda menstruation practices.

Emeneau, M. B. (Murray Barnson), 1904-2005. Language and social forms, a study of Toda kinship and dual descent.

Marshall, William E. (William Elliot). Phrenologist amongst the Todas.

Peter, Prince of Greece, 1908-1980. Study of polyandry.

Rivers, W. H. R. (William Halse Rivers), 1864-1922. Todas.

Walker, Anthony R. Culture summary, Toda.

Walker, Anthony R. Toda of South India.

OCLC:

759935135

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.