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Clark-Deces, Isabelle, 1956- author.

Title The right spouse : preferential marriages in Tamil Nadu / Isabelle Clark-Deces.

Publication Info.	Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2014]
	2014

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	1 online resource (217 pages) : illustrations
	text rdacontent
	computer rdamedia
	online resource rdacarrier
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	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.
Note	Description based on print version record.
Subject	Tamil (Indic people) -- Marriage customs and rites.
	Tamil (Indic people) -- Kinship.
	Marriage -- India -- Tamil Nadu.
	Kinship -- India -- Tamil Nadu.
	Endogamy and exogamy -- India -- Tamil Nadu.
	Tamil Nadu (India) -- Social life and customs.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Clark-Deces, Isabelle. Right spouse : preferential marriages in Tamil Nadu. Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2014] 9780804790499 (DLC)10849367
ISBN	9780804788069 (cloth : alk. paper)
	9780804790499 (pbk. : alk. paper)
	9780804790505 (electronic bk.)