Cultures of Relatedness New Approaches to the Study of Kinship

Name: Cultures of Relatedness New Approaches to the Study of Kinship
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ISBN: 9780521656276

ISBN-10: 0521656273

ISBN-13: 9780521656276

Edition: 2000

Authors: Janet Carsten

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Our understanding of what makes a person a relative has been transformed by radical changes in marriage arrangements and gender relations, and by new reproductive technologies. Here, anthropologists review relatedness.

Book details

List price: $54.99
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 3/9/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 228
Size: 6.02" wide x 8.98" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



List of illustrations


List of contributors


Acknowledgements



Introduction: cultures of relatedness




Chinese patriliny and the cycles of yang and laiwang




Identity and substance: the broadening bases of relatedness among the Nuer of southern Sudan Sharon




Sentiment and substance in North Indian forms of relatedness




Kindreds and descent groups: new perspectives from Madagascar




How Karembola men become mothers




'He used to be my relative': exploring the bases of relatedness among Inupiat of northern Alaska




Including our own




Figures of relations: reconnecting kinship studies and museum collections



Bibliography


Index