Ethnology, Volume 15University of Pittsburgh, 1976 - Anthropology |
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... caste Hindus interpret caste quite dif- ferently than do the Limbu . The Brahmans and Chetris view castes as ranked groups whose position is determined by rules of commensality and occupation , while the Limbu view castes as ...
... caste Hindus interpret caste quite dif- ferently than do the Limbu . The Brahmans and Chetris view castes as ranked groups whose position is determined by rules of commensality and occupation , while the Limbu view castes as ...
Page 242
... castes normally described as " service castes " by anthropologists . Villagers often say there are twelve paniwallu , but when questioned give different totals ; the castes or offices mentioned vary to a certain extent with the ...
... castes normally described as " service castes " by anthropologists . Villagers often say there are twelve paniwallu , but when questioned give different totals ; the castes or offices mentioned vary to a certain extent with the ...
Page 246
... castes . Economic factors prevent some households from engaging permanent special- ists . Certain services are also denied lower castes due to status considerations , phrased in the idiom of ritual purity and pollution . Artisans work ...
... castes . Economic factors prevent some households from engaging permanent special- ists . Certain services are also denied lower castes due to status considerations , phrased in the idiom of ritual purity and pollution . Artisans work ...
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Changing Icelandic Kinship | 1 |
Property and Ritual | 21 |
Measuring Marriage Preference | 35 |
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affinal agnates agricultural intensity Altirdning Anthropology Anuak behavior BG BG blood boat brothers Camaxtli camp cent child Chinese clan Coast Salish codes contracts correlation cultural Dani daughter descent group dowry eating economic ethnographic exogamous father female feuding friends friendship Gabra genealogical distance Hindu homesteads household husband Icelandic important Indian individual informants initiated interaction jajmani kinship kinsmen kupa labor land Limbu lineage living male male pregnancy Mallannapalle marriage married matrilineal means menstruation moiety myths ndon negative reciprocity neighbors Nepal Nisos nuclear family Ocotlán owners parents pattern persons phratry political pollution population density possum rank relationship relatives religious reserve residence ritual resolution Sahlins sample San Tin sectoral distance sexual share Shilluk slavery slaves social societies status structure syncretic Table Teacapán Tlaxcala traditional transactions variables Vasilika Victoria village Virgin wife woman women Xochiquetzalli