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1 Online-Ressource
Series Statement:
eHRAF World Cultures
Content:
The Sinhalese are the dominant ethnic group in Sri Lanka. There are ten documents in this file, focused mainly on the Kandyan Sinhalese. The dates of coverage range from 1860 to the 1980s; with most of the fieldwork done in the 1950s and 1960s. Many of these works are heavily oriented to kinship and its integration into other cultural aspects of the society. Yalman's work, based on seven community studies, is probably the best general source on Kandyan kinship and its relation to other aspects of the culture. While most of the kinship documents tend to be concerned with the theoretical considerations of British kinship and social structure studies, they are well supported with case histories and community studies material which provide more than just kinship information. A number provide additional ethnographic data on social structure, architecture, material culture, religion, politics, culture history, and the ethnic conflict between the majority Sinhalese population and the minority Tamils
Note:
Culture summary: Sinhalese - Bryan Pfaffenberger and John Beierle (file evaluation and indexing notes) - 1997 -- - Pul Eliya, a village in Ceylon: a study of land tenure and kinship - by E. R. Leach - 1961 -- - The disintegrating village: report of a socio-economic survey conducted by the University of Ceylon, Part I - [N. K. Sarkar, S. J. Tambiah] - 1957 -- - Magical-animism and Buddhism: a structural analysis of the Sinhalese religious system - Michael M. Ames - 1964 -- - Under the bo tree: studies in caste, kinship, and marriage in the interior of Ceylon - Nur Yalman - 1971 -- - Kinship fact and fiction in relation to the Kandyan Sinhalese - S. J. Tambiah - 1965 -- - The structure of kinship and its relationship to land possession and residence in Pata Dumbara, central Ceylon - S. J. Tambiah - 1958 --
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- Some observations on the Kandyan Sinhalese kinship system - Marguerite S. Robinson - 1968 -- - Domestic architecture among the Kandyan Sinhalese - Robert Duncan MacDougall - 1971 [1974 copy] -- - Sri Lanka -- ethnic fratricide and the dismantling of democracy - S. J. Tambiah - 1991 -- - Buddhism betrayed?: religion, politics and violence in Sri Lanka - Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah - 1992
Language:
English
Subjects:
Ethnology
Keywords:
Singhalesen
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