The poison in the gift : ritual, prestation, and the dominant caste in a north Indian village / Gloria Goodwin Raheja
1988, First Edition. Chicago : University of Chicago Press. Fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #430426
ISBN: 0226707288
Physical description; xiv, 286 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-278) and index. Contents; Introduction: Toward a Redefinition of "Dominance" in North Indian Society -- The Village and the Region in Historical Perspective -- Pahansu Today -- Theoretical and Ethnographic Perspectives -- Auspiciousness and Inauspiciousness as Cultural Constructs -- The Language of Auspiciousness and Inauspiciousness -- The Sources of Inauspiciousness -- Hamare Ghar Me Kles Rahe: Afflictions in the House and the Problem of Diagnosis -- The Structure of Ritual Action -- The Ritual Contexts of Dan and the Ritual Construction of Gujar Centrality -- The Rituals of Pregnancy, Birth, and Childhood -- Marriage and the Giving of Dan -- Death: Breaking "Connections" and the Giving of Gifts -- Prestations at the Harvests and the Barkat of the Grain -- Protecting the House and the Village: Placing the Niv and Kali Ka Bhet -- Pujapa, Sandhara, and Bayana: The Transferral of Inauspiciousness in the Yearly Festival Cycle -- Getting Sons, Removing Kast: Discovering Inauspiciousness and the Giving of Dan -- On the Appropriateness of Patras -- Prestation Types and Terminological Usages: Shifting Configurations of Castes and Kinsmen in Pahansu -- At the Threshing Place: Phaslana -- Non-phaslana Payments for Caste-specific Goods and Services -- Agricultural Labor Arrangements -- Payments for Ritual Services: Neg and Lag -- "Signs of Brotherhood": Nyauta, Parosa, and Kothli -- Gifts of the Meeting, Gifts of the Road: Milai and Wada -- Prestation Types and Terminological Usages -- Mol Lana: The Ritual Uses of "Bringing for a Price." Subjects; Ceremonial exchange India Pahansu. Gujars Rites and ceremonies. Brahmans Rites and ceremonies. Kinship India Pahansu. Caste India Pahansu.
Price: €85.00