{"product_id":"the-veddas-paperback-9781108010788","title":"The Veddas (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108010788","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Veddas\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe standard reference ethnography of the indigenous aboriginal Vedda people of Sri Lanka, first published in 1915.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCharles Gabriel Seligmann (Author), Brenda Zara Seligmann (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108010788, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 2 November 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e634 pages, 87 b\/w illus.  1 map\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 3.6 cm, 0.8 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eDr C. G. Seligmann (1873–1940) was a renowned anthropologist who was President of the Royal Anthropological Institute between 1923 and 1925. After joining the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to the Torres Strait in Melanesia in 1898, he changed his career from medicine to anthropology and began his career as a distinguished field anthropologist. This book contains his pioneering ethnology of the indigenous Vedda people of Sri Lanka. The social, political, religious and economic life of the Veddas is systematically examined in this detailed study, first published as part of the Cambridge Archaeological and Ethnological Series in 1911. This ethnology remains the standard reference work for the social structure and material culture of the Vedda people, as they have ceased to exist as a separate community in Sri Lanka. This volume contains views on ethnicity which were acceptable at the time it was published.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Note on transliteration\u003cbr\u003e 1. Historical and geographical\u003cbr\u003e 2. Present condition of the Veddas\u003cbr\u003e 3. Social organization\u003cbr\u003e 4. Family life\u003cbr\u003e 5. Property and inheritance\u003cbr\u003e 6. Religion\u003cbr\u003e 7. Religion continued\u003cbr\u003e 8. Magic\u003cbr\u003e 9. Ceremonial dances\u003cbr\u003e 10. Invocations\u003cbr\u003e 11. Arts and crafts\u003cbr\u003e 12. Coast Veddas\u003cbr\u003e 13. Music C. S. Myers\u003cbr\u003e 14. Songs\u003cbr\u003e 15. Language\u003cbr\u003e 16. Senses of the Veddas\u003cbr\u003e 17. Conclusions\u003cbr\u003e Vocabulary\u003cbr\u003e Appendix A. M. Gunasekara\u003cbr\u003e Glossary\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social \u0026amp; cultural anthropology, ethnography [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; cultural anthropology, ethnography\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20cultural%20anthropology,%20ethnography%20%5BJHMC%5D%22\"\u003eJHMC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265926156568,"sku":"9781108010788","price":42.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108010788i.jpg?v=1694866742","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-veddas-paperback-9781108010788","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}