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Networks and Kinship: Formal Models of Alliance, Descent and Inheritance in a Pakistani Punjabi Village

Lyon, S.M.

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Authors

S.M. Lyon



Abstract

Pakistani Punjabi landlords use marriage both strategically as well as affectively. That is to say, they seek maximal political advantage and minimal household disruption with marriage arrangements. Using a set of formal networks analyses tools, this article examines two hundred years of marriage decisions for one Punjabi landlord family. The radical shift in marriage decisions beginning from the 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.

Citation

Lyon, S. (2013). Networks and Kinship: Formal Models of Alliance, Descent and Inheritance in a Pakistani Punjabi Village. Social Science Computer Review, 31(1), 45-55. https://doi.org/10.1177/0894439312453275

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Feb 1, 2013
Deposit Date Jan 17, 2012
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Social Science Computer Review
Print ISSN 0894-4393
Electronic ISSN 1552-8286
Publisher SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 31
Issue 1
Pages 45-55
DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/0894439312453275
Keywords formal models, kinship theory, inheritance, genealogy, social change, social networks

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