Culture, Creation, and Procreation : Concepts of Kinship in South Asian Practice / edited by Monika Böck and Aparna Rao.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bo¨ck, Monika, editor.

Rao, Aparna, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kinship.

Manners and customs.

South Asia--Social life and customs--Congresses.

South Asia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 382 p. ) ill., maps

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Concepts of kinship in South Asian practice

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Berghahn Books, [2000]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As reproduction is seen as central to kinship and the biological link as the primary bond between parents and their offspring, Western perceptions of kin relations are primarily determined by ideas about "consanguinity," "genealogical relations," and "genetic connections." Advocates of cultural constructivism have taken issue with a concept that puts so much stress on heredity as being severely biased by western ideas of kinship. Ethnosociologists in particular developed alternative systems using indigenous categories. This symbolic approach has, however, been rejected by some scholars as plagued by the problems of the analytical separation of ideology from practice, of largely overlooking relations of domination, and of ignoring the questions of shared knowledge and choice. This volume offers a corrective by discussing the constitution of kinship among different communities in South Asia and addressing the relationship between ideology and practice, cultural models, and individiual strategies.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

LIST OF MAPS, FIGURES AND TABLES

PREFACE

Introduction: Indigenous Models and Kinship Theories

PART ONE COMMUNITY AND PERSON

Chapter 1: We, the Brothers of Tiger and Bamboo

Chapter 2: Village Bodies?

Chapter 3: Blood, Milk, and Mountains

Chapter 4: Kinship, Creation, and Procreation among the Vagri of South India

Chapter 5: Nature, Nurture, and Kinship

PART TWO GENDER AND CHANGE

Chapter 6: Kinship and Gender Identity

Chapter 7: Habitus and its Implications in Constructing Kinship Ties

Chapter 8: Kinship and Marriage in the Construction of Identity and Group Boundaries among Indians in Mauritius

PART THREE SHARED KNOWLEDGE IN PRACTICE

Chapter 9: Theatre of Memory

Chapter 10: Kinship as Anger

Chapter 11: Marriage Strategies in Lahore

Chapter 12: Power and Fertility

EPILOGUE

NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS

INDEX

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78533-486-7

1-57181-912-6

1-57181-911-8

OCLC:

1457220233

Publisher Number:

2027/heb08649 hdl