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Illustrations | |
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Preface | |
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Gender, Reproduction, and Kinship | |
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Enacting and Embodying Gender | |
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Gender and Reproduction | |
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What Is Kinship? | |
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The Kinship Code | |
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Key Concepts | |
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Kinship Theory | |
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Kinship and Gender | |
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Discussion Questions | |
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Suggested Further Reading | |
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Suggested Classroom Media | |
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Websites | |
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Notes | |
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References | |
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The Evolution of Kinship and Gender | |
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Kin Recognition | |
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Deaths in the Families of Chimps | |
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Kin Selection | |
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Primate Kinship | |
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Reproduction, Aggression, and Dominance | |
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The Human Transition | |
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The incest Taboo | |
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Nature, Culture, and Human Kinship | |
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Discussion Questions | |
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Suggested Further Reading | |
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Suggested Classroom Media | |
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Websites | |
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Notes | |
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References | |
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The Power of Patrilines | |
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Lineage and Clan | |
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Patrilocality | |
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Lineal Masculinity | |
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The Nuer | |
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Nepalese Brahmans | |
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Patrilineal Contrasts | |
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Discussion Questions | |
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Websites | |
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Notes | |
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References | |
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Through the Mother | |
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The Matrilineal Puzzle | |
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The Navajo | |
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The Nayar and the Mosuo | |
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The Matrifocal Family | |
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Matrilineal Contrasts | |
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Discussion Questions | |
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Suggested Further Reading | |
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Websites | |
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Notes | |
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References | |
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Double, Bilateral, and Cognatic Descent | |
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Double Descent | |
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The Beng | |
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Bilateral Societies | |
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Cognatic Descent | |
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The Kwaio | |
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The Hull | |
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Descent, Residence, and Female Pollution | |
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Double and Cognatic Concerns | |
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Discussion Questions | |
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Suggested Further Reading | |
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Notes | |
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References | |
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Marriage | |
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Monogamy, Polygyny, and Polyandry | |
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Nyinba Polyandry | |
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Marriage and Alliance | |
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Exogamy and Cross-Cousin Marriage | |
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Exogamy and Exchange: Manipulating Women? | |
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Endogamy | |
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Marriage and Fertility | |
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Discussion Questions | |
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Suggested Classroom Media | |
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Websites | |
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Notes | |
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References | |
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A History of Euro-American Kinship and Gender | |
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Dowry and the Double Standard | |
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From the Middle Ages to Modern Times | |
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The Rise of the Christian Church | |
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The North American Experience | |
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Breadwinning Women | |
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Discussion Questions | |
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Website | |
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Notes | |
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References | |
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Kinship, Gender, and Contemporary Social Issues | |
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Alternative Families, Alternative Sexualities | |
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New and Novel Families in the United States | |
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Polygyny in the United States | |
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Violence Against Women | |
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Honor Killings | |
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Discussion Questions | |
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References | |
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Kinship, Gender, and the New Reproductive Technologies | |
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The New Reproductive Technologies | |
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New Reproductive Technologies in Israel | |
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Social, Legal, and Moral Implications | |
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Kinship and Gender | |
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Discussion Questions | |
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Suggested Further Reading | |
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Notes | |
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References | |
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The Globalization of Kinship | |
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Kinship, Urbanization, and Transnational Migration | |
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Kinship and Transnational Adoption | |
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Child Circulation in Peru | |
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Continuities | |
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Discussion Questions | |
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Suggested Further Reading | |
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Websites | |
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Notes | |
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References | |
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Appendix: Kinship Terminology | |
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Glossary | |
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Index | |