Landholding and kinship in a Bangladesh village a study.
By: Mashreque, M. Shairul.
Contributor(s): Amin, K.M. Rahul.
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ArticlePublisher: 1993Description: p.407-19.Subject(s): Rural development - Bangladesh | Land economics
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Indian Journal of Social WorkSummary: "This article attempts an exposition of the nature of the relationship between landholding and kinship in a traditional rural setting. The kinship system itself, by and large, regulates social behaviour and determines the possession of ancestral property in the semi-feudal social structure of Bangladesh. Genealogical relationship, deeply ingrained in the pattern of landholding in a traditional Bangladesh village, is very important so far as patrimony - strategic to the social system - is concerned. The possession of this scarce valuable land resource is regulated through locally accepted sets of rules and customs. The existing tenurial arrangement is a clear pointer to the organisational context of the kinship-ridden semi-feudal social institution. The network of kinship embedded in the three types - consanguinity, affinity and fictive relationship - shapes the configuration of economic relations based absolutely on traditional obligations. This empirical study presents some reflections on the economic basis of kinship by revealing a precise coordination between the pattern of landholding and the structure of kinship"
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"This article attempts an exposition of the nature of the relationship between landholding and kinship in a traditional rural setting. The kinship system itself, by and large, regulates social behaviour and determines the possession of ancestral property in the semi-feudal social structure of Bangladesh. Genealogical relationship, deeply ingrained in the pattern of landholding in a traditional Bangladesh village, is very important so far as patrimony - strategic to the social system - is concerned. The possession of this scarce valuable land resource is regulated through locally accepted sets of rules and customs. The existing tenurial arrangement is a clear pointer to the organisational context of the kinship-ridden semi-feudal social institution. The network of kinship embedded in the three types - consanguinity, affinity and fictive relationship - shapes the configuration of economic relations based absolutely on traditional obligations. This empirical study presents some reflections on the economic basis of kinship by revealing a precise coordination between the pattern of landholding and the structure of kinship"
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