Kinship and Marriage An Anthropological Perspective

Name: Kinship and Marriage An Anthropological Perspective
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ISBN: 9780521278232

ISBN-10: 0521278236

ISBN-13: 9780521278232

Edition: 1996

Authors: Robin Fox

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Robin Fox's study of systems of kinship and alliance has become an established classic of the social science literature. It has been praised above all for its liveliness of style and clarity of exposition in an area that students and general readers have found difficult to master. It was the first attempt to produce an overview of this central subject and has maintained its unique position over the years. Fox's reconciliation of 'descent' and 'alliance' theories, and his 'deductive' approach to the logic of kinship systems based on four universal premises, give the book its distinctive flavour and make it not only the best available introductory text but a contribution to theory in its own…

Book details

List price: $36.99
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 1/27/1984
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.00" wide x 7.91" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English



Preface to the Cambridge University Press Edition


Preface to the First Edition


Introduction



Kinship, family and descent



The incest problem



Local groups and descent groups



Unilineal descent groups



Segmentation and double descent



Cognatic descent and ego-centred groups



Exogamy and direct exchange



Asymmetrical and complex systems



Kinship terminology


References and further reading


Index