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Kinship: An Introduction to the Basic Concepts

By Robert Parkin

Book information

Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Year
1997
ISBN
0631203591, 9780631203599
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (6744459 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
224\224
Time added
2022-04-16 19:22:48

Description

This book is an introduction to the social anthropology of kinship - to the ways in which the peoples of different cultures marry and relate to each other within and outside the family. Contents Figures Preface Part I: Basic Concepts 1. Introductory 2. Descent 3. The Family and Other Kin Groupings 4. Marriage and Sexual Relations 5. Kinship (Relationship) Terminology 6. Symmetric Affinal Alliance 7. Asymmetric Affinal Alliance 8. FZD and ZD Marriage 9. Non-prescriptive Pseudo-systems 10. The Meaning of Kinship Part II: Theories of Kinship 11. The Significance of Kinship in Anthropology 12. Theories of Descent 13. Kinship Terminology and Affinal Alliance 14. Typologies and Terminological Change 15. Ethnographic Examples and Further Reading Bibliography Index

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