Elementary Structures Reconsidered - Levi-Strauss on Kinship

Constituting a measured but devastating critique of Lévi-Strauss's work on kinship systems, this book deals with prescriptive forms of social classification and had far-reaching implications for anthropological theory when it was originally published.
Originally published in 1973.

List of contents

1. Incest Taboo: a Bridge 2. Structures and Regimes 3. Prescription and Preference 4. Terminology and 'Structure': the Dieri Case 5. A Question of Preferences: the Iatmul Case 6. Some Comments on Alternation: the Mara Case 7. Permutation Models and Prescriptive Systems 8. Conclusions

Summary

Constituting a measured but devastating critique of Lévi-Strauss's work on kinship systems, this book deals with prescriptive forms of social classification and had far-reaching implications for anthropological theory when it was originally published.
Originally published in 1973.

Product details

• Authors: Francis Korn, Korn Francis
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.08.2014
• EAN: 9780415866538
• ISBN: 978-0-415-86653-8
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social and cultural anthropology, Sociology: family and relationships