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woman as tribute, woman as flower: images of “woman” in weddings in north and south India
Author(s) -
KOLENDA PAULINE
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
american ethnologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.875
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1548-1425
pISSN - 0094-0496
DOI - 10.1525/ae.1984.11.1.02a00060
Subject(s) - tribute , bride , severance , south asia , art , gender studies , history , ancient history , sociology , art history , political science , law
North Indian Rajput and south Indian Nattati Nadar weddings are compared to find the summary images of the bride in the two subcultures of the more general South Asian marriage system. “Woman as tribute” in contrast to “woman as flower” is revealed by such differences as the roles for relatives in the rituals, the severance and nonseverance of the bride from her kindred, and the cooling versus heating effects of preparatory baths. [women, India, comparative symbolic anthropology]