This is the first study to examine Nayar matriliny as a historical phenomenon. Kerala is the only place in the world where a kinship system was outlawed! The book analyses the reasons for the abolition by the colonial state and lays bare the differences between early twentieth, late twentieth and mid-nineteenth century forms of matriliny. This is the first historical work in India on matriliny.
+ Read moreARUNIMA, G., did her Ph.D. from Cambridge University, UK. She is currently senior lecturer at Lady Shriram College, New Delhi.
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