A Punjabi Village in Pakistan / / Zekiye Eglar.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999
• VerfasserIn: Eglar, Zekiye,
• MitwirkendeR: Mead, Margaret,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1960]; ©1960
• Year of Publication: 1960
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (240 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Foreword --; Preface --; Contents --; Illustrations --; Prologue: The Wider Setting --; Part I. The Village of Mohla --; I. The Village --; II. The Compound --; III. The Village Castes --; IV. Land and Prestige --; V. The Farmer’s Calendar --; VI. The Village in Winter --; VII. The Calendar of Religion --; VIII. The Family and the Kin Group --; IX. Parents and Children: The Years of “Untying the Knots” --; Part II. Vartan Bhanji --; X. The Meaning of Vartan Bhanji --; XI. The Daughter’s Role --; XII. The Groups Involved --; XIII. The Rules --; XIV. Establishing Relationships --; XV. Women’s Role and Men’s Role --; XVI. At a Marriage --; XVII. The Focus of Giving --; Epilogue: Mohla in a Changing World, 1949–1955 --; Appendices --; Glossary --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780231877190; 9783110442489
• DOI: 10.7312/egla90128
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Zekiye Eglar.

An observational study of Pakistani society, offering a holistic and humanistic view of village life, particularly the women. Provides and in-depth perspective into the social and economic patterns of a village, prior to the Green Revolution of 1958, which changed agricultural practices and land ownership.