Cultures of relatedness : new approaches to the study of kinship /

Dettagli Bibliografici
Altri autori: Carsten, Janet (ed.)
Natura: Libro
Lingua:Inglés
Pubblicazione: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Edizione:1st ed.
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Sommario:
  • 1. Introduction: cultures of relatedness Janet Carsten
  • 2. Chinese patriliny and the cycles of yang and laiwang Charles Stafford
  • 3. Identity and substance: the broadening bases of relatedness among the Nuer of southern Sudan Sharon Elaine Hutchinson
  • 4. Sentiment and substance in north Indian forms of relatedness Helen Lambert
  • 5. Kindred, cognatic, and unilineal descent groups: new perspectives from Madagascar Rita Astuti
  • 6. How Karembola men become mothers Karen Middleton
  • 7. 'He used to be my relative': exploring the bases of relatedness among Inupiat of northern Alaska Barbara Bodenhorn
  • 8. Including our own Jeanette Edwards and Marilyn Strathern
  • 9. Figures of relations. Reconnecting kinship studies and museum collections Mary Bouquet.