Rengsanggri: Family and Kinship in a Garo Village

Robbins Burling

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 1963

Rengsanggri

Family and Kinship in a Garo Village

Robbins Burling

In the series Anniversary Collection

https://doi.org/10.9783/9781512814972

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This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	5
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	9
Illustrations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
List of Maps and Diagrams Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	12
I. The Place and the People Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
II. Nature and the Gods Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
III. First Marriage Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
IV. Becoming a Garo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	98
V. The Household Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
VI. The A’kim Bond Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	140
VII. Extended Kinship Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	164
VIII. Transactions Between Households Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	184
IX. The Village Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
X. The Settlement of Disputes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	242
XI. The Market Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	272
XII. New Ideas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	289
Appendices Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	323
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	363
Bibliography of Garo Ethnography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	367
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	371

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Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Copyright year: 1963
Edition: Reprint 2016
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 380
Illustrations
- Other: 16 illus.
Keywords: Anthropology; Folklore; Linguistics

eBook

Published: January 30, 2017
ISBN: 9781512814972