Rethinking Kinship and Marriage

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, lingui...

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Main Author Needham, Rodney
Format eBook Book
LanguageEnglish
Published London Routledge 1971
Taylor and Francis
Edition1
SeriesRoutledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography. Family & kinship
Subjects
Anthropology - Soc Sci
Kinship
Kinship & Community
Marriage
terminologies
Mornington Island
Lontar Palm
Matrilateral Cross-cousin Marriage
Young Man
Cross-cousin Marriage
Patrilateral Cross-cousin Marriage
uncle
Vice Versa
MBD
Areca Nut
Lineage Alliances
Maximal Lineages
Unilateral Cross-cousin Marriage
Carrion Crow
Genealogical Level
relationship
Mother's Brother Sister's Son
mother's
genealogical
groups
Kinship Chart
Mother's Older Brother
descent
Sister's Child
Relationship Terminologies
Kin Term Systems
Father's Mother's Brother
Father's Sister's Daughter
Purum Marriage
Mother's Younger Brother
Mother's Brother
brother
levels
maternal
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Summary: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.
Bibliography:"First issued in paperback 2011"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Rerpint. Originally published: London : Tavistock , 1971
ISBN:9780415511278
9780415330138
0415330130
0415511275
DOI:10.4324/9781315017501