Caroline R Marak
Biographic Data
| ID | 5624824 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Caroline R Marak |
| GIVEN NAMES | Caroline R |
| FAMILY NAME | Marak |
| SIGNATURE | MARAK C R |
| AFFILIATIONS | North Eastern Hill University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Role of the Mahari in A'chik Society
This paper focuses on the changing role of clan organisations in A'chik society. The A'chik are matrilineal. They trace descent along the female line, and pass property on via the daughters. A'chik clan organisations regulate matrimonial alliances, solve disputes and impose customary laws. In the past one and a half centuries, the significance of kinship among the A'chik has changed. Here I present three cases that are illustrative of contemporar…
Personal Names in a Mande (Garo) Village
The Mandes (Garos), a hill people of northeastern India, have had no fixed inventory of personal names. Instead of choosing a conventional name for a child, parents try to find a sequence of sounds that has rarely or never before been used to name a Mande. Given names often reveal the person's gender but they rarely have any other meaning. Kinship group names, by contrast, are shared by hundreds or even thousands of others. Thus, given names are …
Personal Names in a Mande (Garo) Village
The Mandes (Garos), a hill people of northeastern India, have had no fixed inventory of personal names. Instead of choosing a conventional name for a child, parents try to find a sequence of sounds that has rarely or never before been used to name a Mande. Given names often reveal the person's gender but they rarely have any other meaning. Kinship group names, by contrast, are shared by hundreds or even thousands of others. Thus, given names are …
Personal Names in a Mande (Garo) Village
The Mandes (Garos), a hill people of northeastern India, have had no fixed inventory of personal names. Instead of choosing a conventional name for a child, parents try to find a sequence of sounds that has rarely or never before been used to name a Mande. Given names often reveal the person's gender but they rarely have any other meaning. Kinship group names, by contrast, are shared by hundreds or even thousands of others. Thus, given names are …
The Role of the Mahari in A'chik Society
This paper focuses on the changing role of clan organisations in A'chik society. The A'chik are matrilineal. They trace descent along the female line, and pass property on via the daughters. A'chik clan organisations regulate matrimonial alliances, solve disputes and impose customary laws. In the past one and a half centuries, the significance of kinship among the A'chik has changed. Here I present three cases that are illustrative of contemporar…
Anthropology (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Ethnic group (2 works) · Ethnology (2 works) · Genealogy (2 works) · History (2 works) · History (2 works) · Kinship (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · African history and culture analysis (1 work)