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

Unfamiliar Relations restores the family and its many forms and meanings to a central place in the history of South Asia between the seventeenth and nineteenth

These 12 chapters discuss the constitution of kinship among different communities in South Asia and addressing the relationship between ideology and practice, c

A comparative study of Nairs from Kerala, India, and Minangkabau (Indonesian people) from West Sumatra.