The Other Side of Polyandry : Property, Stratification, and Nonmarriage in the Nepal Himalayas.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (217 pages)
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Maps -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1. THE PEOPLE OF CHUMIK -- Setting -- Ethnic Identity and Personal Identity -- Six Women -- CHAPTER 2. BACKGROUND: SUBSISTENCE PATTERNS, RESIDENCE AND PROPERTY -- The Cycle of Subsistence -- Division of Labor: Specialization and Concepts of Appropriate Work -- The Domestic Group -- Property -- CHAPTER 3. NONMARRIAGE AND ECONOMIC STRATEGIES -- Nonmarriage and Systems of Household Formation -- Cultural Norms and Mechanisms Limiting Marriage in Chumik -- Wealth, Status and Eligibility to Marry -- The Role of the Unmarried Woman in Society -- CHAPTER 4. ENTITLEMENT TO PROPERTY: INHERITANCE AND THE SYSTEM OF HOUSEHOLD ESTATES -- Household Estates in Village Organization -- The Devolution of Trongba Estates and Other Property -- Land Tenure, Taxation and Inheritance in Tibet -- The Ideal System and the Alternatives -- Devolution of Property in Chumik: Empirical Patterns -- CHAPTER 5. WOMEN'S ACCESS TO PROPERTY -- Sremo Dolma -- The Heiress -- Prestations at Marriage -- Ownership within the Household -- Property Rights of Divorced and Widowed Women -- Written Agreements Defining Rights of Inheritance and Compensation in Case of Divorce -- The Unmarried Woman -- The Daughter versus the Daughter-in-law -- PHOTO SECTION -- CHAPTER 6. ENTITLEMENT TO STATUS -- The Hereditary Strata -- The Tibetamzation of the Jampa Thogye -- Seating Order -- The Role of Descent in Determining Gyudpa Membership -- Effects of Intermarriage on Gyudpa Membership -- Hereditary Strata and Marital Eligibility -- The Inferior Villages -- Illegitimacy -- CHAPTER 7. MARRIAGE -- Reproduction of Social Inequality through Endogamy -- Marriage Strategies and Eligibility to Marry -- Marriage by Capture and Hypogamy. CONCLUSION -- Appendix I. Time Use Patterns in Chumik -- Appendix II. Typical Values of Household Assets in Chumik -- Appendix III. 71 Cases of Property Division Among Brothers -- Notes -- References Cited -- Index.
This book provides demographic data on polyandry and nonmarriage, exploring the social and economic context of nonmarriage and its implications vis-a-vis the position of women in the Nepal. It fills gaps in the literature on Tibetan societies with respect to stratification and the position of women.
9781000232301
Single women-Nepal-Social conditions. Marriage-Nepal. Polyandry-Nepal.