Matriliny Transformed
Subtitle: Family, Law and Ideology in Twentieth Century Travancore
Publisher: Sage Publications Pvt. Ltd
Published: January 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780761993438
Subjects: Anthropology; Gender studies; Social Science / Sociology / General; Family; India; Matrilineal kinship; Social conditions; Travancore; Women; Sociology
Description: "The central feature of matriliny is that it confers on women permanent rights to maintenance by and residence in their natal home (or taravad). This gives them a degree of autonomy which is not possible in the patrilineal system. This study examines what matriliny means to women and how and why it changed in erstwhile Travancore, an independent princely state till 1947"--Jacket.