Rethinking kinship and marriage
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Rethinking kinship and marriage
（Routledge library editions, . Anthropology and ethnography ; 34 . Family & kinship ; 6）
Routledge, 2004, c1971
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Rerpint. Originally published: London : Tavistock , 1971
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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Description
This volume is concerned with two of the fundamental topics of social anthropology, kinship and marriage, approached from a variety of viewpoints by an international group of contributors of diverse experience and background.
The wide range of subjects examined includes: Incest, epistemology, linguistics, prescriptive alliance and methodology.
Fieldwork from the following countries is drawn on: Burma, Sri Lanka, New Guinea, Australia, Africa and South America.
Table of Contents
- intro: Introduction
- 1: Remarks on the Analysis of Kinship and Marriage
- 2: Meanings of Kinship
- 3: Marriage: A Reassessment
- 4: More about 'Mama' and 'Papa'
- 5: A Question of Preferences The Iatmul Case
- 6: Marriage and Exchange in the Sepik
- 7: Some Problems concerning the Wik-mungkan
- 8: Some Kaguru Notions about Incest and Other Sexual Prohibitions
- 9: Purum Descent Groups Some Vagaries of Method
- 10: Sister's Child as Plant
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