Bridewealth and Dowry

In these insightful 1973 papers two leading authorities make a wide-ranging review of ideas and materials on bridewealth and dowry.

Summary

In these insightful papers, first published in 1973, two leading authorities make a wide-ranging review of ideas and materials on bridewealth and dowry. The authors analyse the two institutions in the contexts of Africa, with its preponderance of bridewealth, and South Asia, where dowry is the commoner institution.

Product details

• Authors: Tambiah S. J., Stanley J. Tambiah, S. J. Tambiah, Jack Goody
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 21.01.2011
• Subject: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Practical guides; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology
• EAN: 9780521098052
• ISBN: 978-0-521-09805-2
• Pages: 178
• Dimensions (packing): 15.2 x 22.9 x 1 cm
• Weight (packing): 268 g
• Series: Cambridge Papers in Social Ant > 7; Cambridge Papers in Social Anthropology
• Subjects: Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Sociology: customs & traditions, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Customs & Traditions, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural anthropology, Cultural studies: customs and traditions