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Product Description Kinship and History in South Asia presents four papers given at a small conference of kinship studies scholars, Kinship and History in South Asia, at the University of Toronto in 1973. They draw upon one another and show several common concerns, particularly the theoretical importance of Dravidian systems. Yey they remain specialist studies, each within its own raison dtre. Brendra E. F. Beck contributes a study of the kinship nucleus in Tamil folklore, LeviStraussian both in its treatment of kinship and of mythology. George L. Harts study of woman and the sacred in the ancient Tamil literature of the Sangam attempts to elucidate this literature in its own terms, and also to relate it to Becks kinship nucleus. Thomas R. Trautmann presents a critical examination of the evidence for crosscousin marriage in early North India, attempting to determine historical fact from literary materials. Narendra K. Wagle offers a survey of the kinship categories to be found in the Pali Jatakas. About the Author Brenda F. Beck is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia.George L. Hart is Assistant Professor in the Department of South Asian Studies at the University of Wisconsin.Thomas R. TRAUTMANN is Ass
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