Networks and kinship: Formal models of alliance, descent, and inheritance in a Pakistani Punjabi village
Document Type
Article
Department
Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, London
Abstract
Pakistani Punjabi landlords usemarriage bothstrategically as well asaffectively. That is to say, they seek maximal political advantage and minimal household disruption with marriage arrangements. Using a set of formalnetworksanalysestools, this article examines two hundred years of marriage decisions for one Punjabi landlord family. The radical shift inmarriage decisions beginningfromthe 1920s is the result of an earlier shift in inheritance rules. The resulting change in marriage decisions has impacted not only on household dynamics, but has disrupted longstanding factional associations within the village.
Publication (Name of Journal)
Social Science Computer Review
Recommended Citation
Lyon, S. M.
(2012). Networks and kinship: Formal models of alliance, descent, and inheritance in a Pakistani Punjabi village. Social Science Computer Review, 31(1), 45-55.
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https://ecommons.aku.edu/uk_ismc_faculty_publications/30