New book

[Klaus Karttunen]

Asko Parpola asked me to forward this to the list:

From: Asko Parpola <parpola at zinbun.kyoto-u.ac.jp>
Subject: Book on FAMILY & KINSHIP
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 1999 23:06:03 +0900

> The following publication may be of interest to some subscribers of
> the list:
>
>   CHANGING PATTERNS OF FAMILY AND KINSHIP IN SOUTH ASIA
>
>   Proceedings of an International Symposium on the occasion of the 50th
>   Anniversary of India's Independence held at the University of Helsinki
>   6 May 1998.
>
>   Edited by Asko Parpola & Sirpa Tenhunen.
>
>   Studia Orientalia, Vol. 84. 1998.
>   Helsinki: The Finnish Oriental Society.
>
>   pp. ix, 314 pp., ill. Pb 150 FIM (about 27 US Dollars)
>   ISSN  0039-3282
>   ISBN  951-9380-38-8
>
>   Distributor:  Tiedekirja, Kirkkokatu 14, 00170 Helsinki, Finland
>   Tel. +358-9-635177
>   Fax: +358-9-635017
>   e-mail: tiedekirja at pp.kolumbus.fi
>
>   in addition to the book price,
>   packing and postage e.g. to the United States:
>   35 FIM (about 6,25 US Dollars) if paid by credit card
>       (VISA, Mastercard/Eurocard),
>   100 FIM (about 18 US Dollars) if paid by cheque
>
>   CONTENTS
>
>   Foreword  (pp. v-vii)
>
>   DON HANDELMAN, Husband and Wife and the Game of Dice:
>   Siva and Parvati Fall Apart  (pp. 1-10)
>
>   VIRPI H"AMEEN-ANTTILA, "For Ever Thou Shalt Love and She Be Fair":
>   Kalidasa's Vision of the Ideal Marriage  (pp. 11-29)
>
>   KLAUS KARTTUNEN, Mutual Agreement or Auction of Brides:
>   Ancient Indian Marriage in Greek Accounts  (pp. 31-37)
>
>   LINA FRUZZETTI & 'AKOS "OST"OR, Hierarchy Revisited (pp. 39-50)
>
>   HELI UUSIKYL"A, The Seeds in the Container:
>   Metaphors of Conception and Kinship in Rural Bangladesh (pp. 51-59)
>
>   MINNA S"A"AV"AL"A, The 'Hindu Joint Family': Past and Present (pp. 61-73)
>
>   SIRPA TENHUNEN, Urban Hierarchies in Flux:
>   Arranged Intercaste Marriages in Calcutta (pp. 75-85)
>
>   G. GOPINATHAN, The Process of Rehumanisation Initiated by Sri Narayana Guru
>   and Its Impact on Kinship and Other Social Relationships in Kerala
>   (pp. 87-109)
>
>   MOHAN K. GAUTAM, Santal-Munda Kinship and Family (pp. 111-127)
>
>   ANTTI PAKASLAHTI, Family-centered Treatment of Mental Health Problems
>   at the Balaji Temple in Rajasthan  (pp. 129-168)
>
>   ASKO PARPOLA, Savitri and Resurrection:
>   The Ideal of Devoted Wife, Her Forehead Mark, Sati, and Human Sacrifice
>   in Epic-Puranic, Vedic, Harappan-Dravidian and Near Eastern Perspectives
>   (pp. 167-312)
>
>   List of Contributors  (pp. 313-314)
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Asko Parpola
>
> Feb-Dec 1999:
> Institute for Research in Humanities
> Kyoto University
> Ushinomiya, Yoshida, Sakyo-ku
> Kyoto 606-8501 Japan
> tel. +81-75-753-6942
> fax. +81-75-753-6903
> e-mail: parpola at zinbun.kyoto-u.ac.jp
>
>


Klaus Karttunen
Institute for Asian and African Studies
Box 59, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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