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Book Code: 1111016008143
M. Sasikumar
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ABOUT THE BOOK:- Women in matrilineal societies are seen as empowered to face the challenges of innovations compared to their counterparts in patrilineal societies. But no matrilineal society, at least in India, can be found where women enjoy absolute authority and power. There is a general notion that all the matrilineal societies are matriarchal as well. But matriliny and matriarchy are not synonymous. Matriarchy implies the dominance of women in decision making. Authority is vested in her, both in theory and in practice. She is the channel not merely for inheritance, but also for succession to positions of authority in the family. But, there are several instances where lineality is not necessarily associated with power. Though the matrilineal system was much more widely distributed in India, the matrilineal communities and the communities bearing matrilineal elements are chiefly found in the north-east and south-west parts of India. The Khasi of Meghalaya is an important tribal group who follow the matrilineal system in the north-east part of India. The Nair of Kerala was a classic example for matrilineal society in south India. Though both the Khasi and the Nair communities fall in the wider category of matrilineal societies they differ widely in its structure, function, and components. Still, a few parallels are observable. Differences are more than similarities. The present study discusses the social systems of the Khasi in detail from both historical and present perspectives. It also tries to understand the role, power, and function of both men and women in a social system where the position of women has been said to be more comfortable due to the matrilineal system.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Women in matrilineal societies are seen as empowered to face the challenges of innovations compared to their counterparts in patrilineal societies. But no matrilineal society, at least in India, can be found where women enjoy absolute authority and power. There is a general notion that all the matrilineal societies are matriarchal as well. But matriliny and matriarchy are not synonymous. Matriarchy implies the dominance of women in decision making. Authority is vested in her, both in theory and in practice. She is the channel not merely for inheritance, but also for succession to positions of authority in the family. But, there are several instances where lineality is not necessarily associated with power. Though the matrilineal system was much more widely distributed in India, the matrilineal communities and the communities bearing matrilineal elements are chiefly found in the north-east and south-west parts of India. The Khasi of Meghalaya is an important tribal group who follow the matrilineal system in the north-east part of India. The Nair of Kerala was a classic example for matrilineal society in south India. Though both the Khasi and the Nair communities fall in the wider category of matrilineal societies they differ widely in its structure, function, and components. Still, a few parallels are observable. Differences are more than similarities. The present study discusses the social systems of the Khasi in detail from both historical and present perspectives. It also tries to understand the role, power, and function of both men and women in a social system where the position of women has been said to be more comfortable due to the matrilineal system.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dr. M. Sasikumar (b.1969)
obtained his Masters and
Doctorate degrees in
Anthropology from the
University of Calicut, Kerala. An
anthropologist of acclaim since 1991, he
attended the 16th World Congress of the
International Union of Anthropological and
Ethnological Sciences (IUAES), at Yunan
University, Kunming, China in 2009. He has
been engaged in anthropological researches
for the past twenty five years. He has written a
number of papers on Tribal Culture and
Development issues which have been
published in national and international
journals. Dr. Sasikumar has conducted
extensive research work in the tribal areas of
Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Meghalaya and
Andaman and Nicobar Islands. He was
former Director of Kerala Institute for
Research, Training and Development Studies
of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
(KIRTADS), Government of Kerala and
Associate Editor of Encyclopaedia of
Dravidian Tribes published in three Volumes.
His membership embodies him to several
professional societies like Dravidian
Linguistics Association,
Thiruvananthapuram, North East India
Council for Social Science Research, Shillong,
Anthropological Association, My sore,
Ananthakrishna Iyer International Centre for
Anthropological Studies (AICAS), Palakkad
and Indian National Confederation and
Academy of Anthropologists (INCAA),
Kolkata. His research interest is in the
development of tribal and marginal
communities, sustainable development ,
ethnography, and social systems.
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