LEADER 00000cam a2200709Ki 4500 001 ocn874029233 003 OCoLC 005 20160527041145.4 006 m o d 007 cr cnu---unuuu 008 140320s2014 cau ob 001 0 eng d 019 874321424 020 9780804790505|q(electronic book) 020 0804790507|q(electronic book) 020 |z9780804788069 020 |z0804788065 020 |z9780804790499 020 |z0804790493 035 (OCoLC)874029233|z(OCoLC)874321424 040 N$T|beng|erda|epn|cN$T|dYDXCP|dMHW|dE7B|dOCLCO|dEBLCP |dOCLCO|dOCLCQ|dOCLCO 043 a-ii--- 049 RIDW 050 4 DS432.T3|bC63 2014eb 072 7 HIS|x017000|2bisacsh 082 04 954/.82|223 090 DS432.T3|bC63 2014eb 100 1 Clark-Decès, Isabelle,|d1956-2017,|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/names/n99039041|eauthor. 245 14 The right spouse :|bpreferential marriages in Tamil Nadu / |cIsabelle Clark-Decès. 264 1 Stanford, California :|bStanford University Press,|c2014. 300 1 online resource 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 340 |gpolychrome|2rdacc 347 text file|2rdaft 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 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. 520 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 in which Tamil inter. 588 0 Print version record. 590 eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America 650 0 Tamil (Indic people)|xMarriage customs and rites.|0https:/ /id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85081501 650 0 Tamil (Indic people)|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh85132209|xKinship.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh2002011463 650 0 Marriage|zIndia|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/ sh2008107445|zTamil Nadu.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ names/n80061081-781 650 0 Kinship|zIndia|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/ sh2009128068|zTamil Nadu.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ names/n80061081-781 650 0 Endogamy and exogamy|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh85043078|zIndia|zTamil Nadu.|0https:// id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80061081-781 650 7 Tamil (Indic people)|xMarriage customs and rites.|2fast |0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1142441 650 7 Tamil (Indic people)|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/ 1142428 650 7 Kinship.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/987769 650 7 Marriage.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1010443 650 7 Endogamy and exogamy.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/ 909769 650 7 Marriage.|2homoit|0https://homosaurus.org/v3/homoit0000990 651 0 Tamil Nadu (India)|xSocial life and customs.|0https:// id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008117237 651 7 India|zTamil Nadu.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/ 1208735 655 4 Electronic books. 776 08 |iPrint version:|aClark-Decès, Isabelle, 1956- author. |tRight spouse|z9780804788069|w(DLC) 2013040995 |w(OCoLC)861497359 856 40 |uhttps://rider.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http:// search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site& db=nlebk&AN=713596|zOnline eBook. Access restricted to current Rider University students, faculty, and staff. 856 42 |3Instructions for reading/downloading this eBook|uhttp:// guides.rider.edu/ebooks/ebsco 901 MARCIVE 20231220 948 |d20160607|cEBSCO|tebscoebooksacademic|lridw 994 92|bRID