TY - BOOK AU - Furer-Haimendorf,Christoph TI - Gonds of Andhra Pradesh: Tradition and Change in an Indian Tribe SN - 0706907183 U1 - 305.8095484 CY - New Delhi PB - Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd KW - Furer-Haimendorf, Christoph. KW - Gonds Tribes KW - Tradition and Change KW - India KW - Andhra Pradesh N1 - Contents 1. The Gonds in History and Literature. 2. The Material and Cultural Environment. 3. The Settlement Pattern. 4. The Village as a Social Unit. 5. The Neighbourhood. 6. Phratries-The Main Pillars of the Social Structure. 7. The Clan System. 8. The Feudal System-Past and Present. 9. Pardhans- The Bards of the Gonds. 10. Tribal Justice and Social Values. 11. The Mythological Foundations of the Social Order. 12. The Early Phases of Life. 13. Avenues to Marriage. 14. Marriage, Divorce and Inheritance. 15. The KInship System. 16. Death and the Cult of the Dead. 17. Farming- The Basis of Gond Economy. 18. Religious Beliefs and Practices. 19. The Cult of the Clan Deities. 20. The Changing Fortunes of the Adilabad Gonds ; Includes Glossary, Bibliography and Index ER -