The Gonds of Andhra Pradesh

ISBN-13: 9781032156590 / Miękka / 2023 / 580 str.

Elizabeth von Furer-Haimendorf

Opis

The author's long-standing familiarity with many individual Gonds has allowed him to draw in this book, originally published in 1979, an intimate picture of the life of a specific village community and to trace the fates of individual men and women over a long stretch of time.

Spis treści

Preface.  1. The Gonds in History and Literature  2. The Material and Cultural Environment  3. The Settlement Pattern  4. The Village as a Social Unit  5. The Neighbourhood  6. Phratries – The Main Pillars of the Social Structure  7. The Clan System  8. The Feudal System – Past and Present  9. Pardhans – The Bards of the Gonds  10. Tribal Justice and Social Values  11. The Mythological Foundations of the Social Order  12. The Early Phases of Life  13. Avenues to Marriage  14. Marriage, Divorce and Inheritance  15. The Kinship System  16. Death and the Cult of the Dead  17. Farming – The Basis of Gond Economy  18. Religious Beliefs and Practices  19. The Cult of the Clan Deities  20. The Changing Fortunes of the Adilabad Gonds.  Glossary.  Bibliography.  Index.

O autorze

Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf