The Nayars Today

by C.J. Fuller

Book Overview

The Nayars of Kerala, south-west India, unusually trace descent through the female line and, in the past, had a marriage system in which women were allowed several husbands simultaneously. This system has brought the Nayars continuing fame in anthropological circles. In this 1976 study, Dr Fuller analyses fieldwork data collected among Nayars in a village in southern Kerala, a region on which there is practically no modern anthropological information...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521290910
• ISBN13: 9780521290913
• Release Date: January 1977
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"