Matriliny to patriliny: A study of the Rabha society - Tapa dura

The present meticulous field among little known Rabhas tribe of the districts of the Jalpaigari and Cooch Behar, West Bengal, highlights the changes in the fundamental structure and the function of the Rabha Society, under the tremendous impacts of various factors. Besides it reveals their inter ethnic leakage and interactions with the human and ecological surroundings. An important work on tribal studies., About The Author:- Dr. Manish Kumar Raha, a noted Anthropologist has served pioneering organization of anthropological research in different capacities, and presided over Anthropology and Archaeology section of 83rd Indian Science Congress (1995-96)., Contents:- Preface · Acknowledgements · List of Illustrations · Introduction · The Husuk Bond : The Wider Kingroups · The Juku and the Ningosa : The Network of Relations · The Nogou Organisation : The Structure and Process · The Crises of Life-I : Birth and Infancy · The Crises of Life-II : Marriage · The Crises of Life-III : Death · The Livelihood Pattern : Inter and Intra Community Linkages · The Social Control : Pattern and Activities · The World of Supernaturals : Beliefs and Practices · The Summing up : The Rabha's March for a New Tradition · Bibliography · Appendices · Index · Plates