Kinship in Action : Self and Group


. Andrew Strathern
Bok Engelsk 2015 · Electronic books.
Annen tittel
Utgitt
Old Tappan : : Taylor and Francis, , 2015.
Omfang
1 online resource (225 p.)
Opplysninger
Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Chapter 1 Introduction; Early Studies; The Revival of Kinship Studies; What Is Kinship?; Mobilizing Kin; Family; Marriage; The Fair Maid of Perth; Conclusion; Questions to Consider; Notes; Chapter 2 Life Cycles; Life Cycle and Family: Basic Concepts; Marking Birth and Making Identities; Names and Namings; Maturation; Conclusion; Questions to Consider; Notes; Chapter 3 Concepts in Reproduction; Birth and Social Reproduction; Trobriand Concepts of Reproduction. - Chapter 7 Euro-American Kinship: A Diversity of ExamplesAppalachian Valley, United States; Newcastle, Australia; Tory Island, Ireland; The Sarakatsani, Greece; Conclusions; Questions to Consider; Notes; Reference; Chapter 8 Conclusions: Issues of Change and Continuity; Robin Fox: Reproduction and Succession; A Continuum of Themes: From Reproductive Technology to Lesbian Motherhood; A. F. Robertson: Beyond the Family; Reissuing and Reframing Definitions: Ideology and Practice; Relatives and Relatedness: Substance as a Key; Filiation, Affiliation, Sociality: Reworking Pacific Models of Kinship. - ConclusionQuestions to Consider; Notes; References; Appendix 1 Kinship Terminologies; Appendix 2 Incest and Exogamy: Sex Is Good to Prohibit; Appendix 3 Further Readings; Name Index; Subject Index. - Ideas of Reproduction and Social StructureLegal Contexts; New Reproductive Technology; Adoption; Conclusions; Questions to Consider; Notes; References; Chapter 4 Groups; The Scottish Clan: A Complex Case; Cognatic Groups among the Duna; Clanship and Exchange: Other Cases from the New Guinea Highlands; Self, Group, and Personhood; Other Cases, Other Types; Matriliny among the Tolai; Other Cases, Other Types; Bilateral Kindreds among the Iban; Conclusions; Questions to Consider; Notes; Reference; Chapter 5 Structures of Marriage; Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea; Huaulu, Eastern Indonesia. - The Business of Marriage in TelefominRuth Craig's Early Account of Telefomin Marriage; Exchange Relations and Intergenerational Continuity: Wiru and Duna; The Category of "Polyandry"; Marriage, Filiation, and Descent: The Na People of China; Cousin Marriage Systems; Conclusions; Questions to Consider; Notes; Reference; Chapter 6 Euro-American Kinship: Concepts and History; "The Family"; Historical Factors: Households, Property, and Inheritance; Influences of the Church; Contemporary Cases: David Schneider on American Kinship; Conclusions; Questions to Consider; Notes; Reference
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0131844849. - 9780131844841

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