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Representing a departure from traditional studies of social organisation, the book asserts that a kinship system is best understood as a system of concepts rather than as a set of empirical relationships. Three aspects of life in the Panamanian community of Los Boquerones are described
First published in 1976.
List of contents
1. The country, people and problem2. Village life and ties to the larger society3. Economic organization4. God, the devil and the saints5. The individual6. The household7. The household and the elementary family8. From natal to conjugal household9. Forms of conjugal relations 10. Conjugal instability11. Extra-domestic kinship and affinity12. Forming the 'compadrazgo'13. The structure of 'compadrazgo'14. Relationships, residence, religion and the individual
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Stephen Gudeman
Summary
Representing a departure from traditional studies of social organisation, the book asserts that a kinship system is best understood as a system of concepts rather than as a set of empirical relationships. Three aspects of life in the Panamanian community of Los Boquerones are described
First published in 1976.
