A Punjabi Village in Pakistan

Table of contents

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• Title Page iii
• Foreword ix
• Preface xi
• Contents xxiii
• Illustrations xxv
• Prologue - The Wider Setting 1
• Part I - The Village of Mohla 9
• I - The Village 11
• II - The Compound 23
• III - The Village Castes 28
• IV - Land and Prestige 42
• V - The Farmer's Calendar 50
• VI - The Village in Winter 56
• VII - The Calendar of Religion 66
• VIII - The Family and the Kin Group 74
• IX - Parents and Children: the Years of "Untying the Knots" 87

• Title Page iii
• Foreword ix
• Preface xi
• Contents xxiii
• Illustrations xxv
• Prologue - The Wider Setting 1
• Part I - The Village of Mohla 9
• I - The Village 11
• II - The Compound 23
• III - The Village Castes 28
• IV - Land and Prestige 42
• V - The Farmer's Calendar 50
• VI - The Village in Winter 56
• VII - The Calendar of Religion 66
• VIII - The Family and the Kin Group 74
• IX - Parents and Children: the Years of "Untying the Knots" 87
• Part II - Vartan Bhanji 103
• X - The Meaning of Vartan Bhanji 105
• XI - The Daughter's Role 108
• XII - The Groups Involved 116
• XIII - The Rules 122
• XIV - Establishing Relationships 134
• XV - Women's Role and Men's Role 138
• XVI - At a Marriage 143
• XVII - The Focus of Giving 173
• Epilogue - Mohla in a Changing World, 1949-1955 178
• Appendix I - Seyp: Work and Payments 200
• Appendix II - The Farmer's Round of Activities 203
• Appendix III - Vehi: the Family Register 205
• Appendix IV - Intermarriage among Kin 207
• Appendix V - Main Ceremonies Connected with Marriage 210
• Glossary 222
• Bibliography 229
• Index 231