Quasi-Incestuous Paliyan Marriage in Comparative Perspective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6017141 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter M Gardner (University of Missouri, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 48-57 |
| Publication date | 2009-05-20 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Open Anthropology Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1874-9127 |
| Publisher | Bentham Science Publishers Ltd (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2174/1874912700902010048 |
| OpenAlex | W2044809925 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 27 |
Quasi-incestuous marriages of South Indian Paliyan foragers are described and compared with broadly similar arrangements in nine other cultures.Twelve percent of Paliyan marriages occur through pedogamous union with step-and adopted children, some calling this their preferred form of marriage.Paliyan subsistence, households, types of marriage, and pedogamy are described.Although two sample cultures exhibit more aversion to sex in quasi-incestuous marriages than Wolf's revision of Westermark's incest theory would predict, the 10 culture comparison suggests that the unions in question may best be looked at as: (a) ways for elders to control marriage to protect family resources, (b) contingency arrangements in tightly structured systems, or (c) products of individualized decision making in loosely structured, un-coercive systems
Art · Perspective (graphical · Sociology · Visual arts · Anthropological Studies and Insights · History · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts · Sex work and related issues
Pagan tribes of the Nilotic Sudan
The history of human marriage
Elements of social organization
Stratification, Polyandry, and Family Structure in Central Tibet
Pressures for Tamil propriety in Paliyan social organization
Women and the Family in Rural Taiwan
The individual and his society
Castes and Tribes of Southern India
Ethnographic Notes in Southern India
Rengsanggri; Family and Kinship in a Garo Village
The Individual and His Society
Rengsanggri. Family and Kinship in a Garo Village
Dimensions of Subsistence Foraging in South India
The Navajo Mountain Community
The Red Lamp of Incest
Co-Evolution
The Social and Sexual Roles of Hima Women
Folk Theory and the Incest Taboo
Adopt a Daughter-in-Law, Marry a Sister
The Incest Taboo and the Mating Patterns of Animals
Respect and nonviolence among recently sedentary Paliyan foragers
Symmetric Respect and Memorate Knowledge
Foragers' Pursuit of Individual Autonomy
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,19 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2023 (14) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |