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9780195664591

Kinship and Rituals among the Meo of Northern India Locating Sibling Relationship

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  • ISBN13:

    9780195664591

  • ISBN10:

    0195664590

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2003-11-20
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Summary

The ethnographic focus here is the Meo community, Mulims of "Rajput" status whose territory "Mewat" covers the triangular area at the intersection of the states of U.P., Haryana, and Rajasthan, adjoining Delhi. In terms of family and kinship, and the associated ceremonies, myths, and legends, the Meo have long been regarded as unusual among Indian Muslims, a phenomenon that this study thoroughly explores.

Author Biography

Raymond Jamous is Directeur de Recherche at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris.

Table of Contents

Illustrations and tables
Introductionp. 1
The Meo: A caste and a faithp. 17
Meo kinship vocabularyp. 38
Kinship and territoryp. 80
The marriage alliancep. 106
Marriage ceremonies: Ritual prestationsp. 124
The Meo kinship System: A comparative viewp. 177
Bibliographyp. 189
Glossaryp. 192
Indexp. 195
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