The Todas - Brossura

Rivers, William Halse Rivers

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1108079121 ISBN 13: 9781108079129

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2018

Riassunto

This illustrated book, published in 1906, was long regarded as a standard ethnography on a people in south-west India.

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Descrizione del libro

A physician and psychotherapist, W. H. R. Rivers (1864–1922) was also interested in anthropology. In 1901–2 he studied the genealogies and customs of the Todas, inhabitants of a high plateau in south-west India. This illustrated book, published in 1906, was regarded as a standard ethnography for half a century.

Contenuti

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. The Toda people; 3. Dairies and buffaloes; 4. The village dairy; 5. The Ti dairy; 6. Buffalo migrations; 7. Ordination ceremonies; 8. Special dairy ceremonies; 9. The Toda gods; 10. Prayer; 11. The dairy ritual; 12. Divination and magic; 13. Sacrifice and offerings; 14. Birth and childhood ceremonies; 15. Funeral ceremonies; 16. Funeral ceremonies (cont.); 17. Sacred days and numbers; 18. Sacred places and objects; 19. The Toda religion; 20. Genealogies and population; 21. Kinship; 22. Marriage; 23. Social organisation; 24. Arts and amusements; 25. Language; 26. Personal names; 27. Relations with other tribes; 28. The clans of the Todas; 29. Teivaliol and Tartharol; 30. The origin and history of the Todas; Appendices 1-4; Glossary; Index.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2018
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1108079121
• ISBN 13: 9781108079129
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 784
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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