Dravidian systems of kinship

Laurent Dousset (1)

1 CREDO - Centre de Recherche et de Documentation sur l'Océanie

The Dravidian system of kinship is a relationship terminology with implications for the way in which people are classified into kinship categories. It has consequences on prescriptions or preferences for marriage partners and is based on the genealogically unlimited application of the bifurcate-merging principle.

Domaines: Anthropologie sociale et ethnologie

Laurent Dousset. Dravidian systems of kinship. The International Encyclopaedia of Anthropology, 2019, ⟨10.1002/9781118924396.wbiea1539⟩. ⟨hal-02332331⟩