Rethinking Kinship and Marriage

Informationen zum Autor Rodney Needham Klappentext This volume is concerned with two of the fundamental topics of social anthropology, kinship and marriage, approached from a variety of viewpoints by an international group of contributors of diverse experience and background. The wide range of subjects examined includes: Incest, epistemology, linguistics, prescriptive alliance and methodology. Fieldwork from the following countries is drawn on: Burma, Sri Lanka, New Guinea, Australia, Africa and South America. Zusammenfassung This volume is concerned with two of the fundamental topics of social anthropology, kinship and marriage, approached from a variety of viewpoints by an international group of contributors of diverse experience and background. Inhaltsverzeichnis intro: Introduction; 1: Remarks on the Analysis of Kinship and Marriage; 2: Meanings of Kinship; 3: Marriage: A Reassessment; 4: More about ‘Mama’ and ‘Papa’; 5: A Question of Preferences The Iatmul Case; 6: Marriage and Exchange in the Sepik; 7: Some Problems concerning the Wik-mungkan; 8: Some Kaguru Notions about Incest and Other Sexual Prohibitions; 9: Purum Descent Groups Some Vagaries of Method; 10: Sister's Child as Plant

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Rodney Needham
• Collaboration: Rodney Needham (Editeur), Needham Rodney (Editeur)
• Edition: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 13.12.2011
• EAN: 9780415511278
• ISBN: 978-0-415-51127-8
• Pages: 396
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Dictionnaire, ouvrages de référence > Dictionnaires, encyclopédies; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Ethnologie > Ethnologie; Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social and cultural anthropology, Sociology: family and relationships, Indian record