Cultures of Relatedness: New Approaches to the Study of Kinship

By: Carsten, Janet,edMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000Description: 215pISBN: 9780521651936Subject(s): Kinship -- Congresses | Parenté -- Congrès | KinshipDDC classification: 306.83
Contents:
List of illustrations; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: cultures of relatedness Janet Carsten; 2. Chinese patriliny and the cycles of yang and laiwang Charles Stafford; 3. Identity and substance: the broadening bases of relatedness among the Nuer of southern Sudan Sharon Elaine Hutchinson; 4. Sentiment and substance in North Indian forms of relatedness Helen Lambert; 5. Kindreds and descent groups: new perspectives from Madagascar Rita Astuti; 6. How Karembola men become mothers Karen Middleton; 7. 'He used to be my relative': exploring the bases of relatedness among Inupiat of northern Alaska Barbara Bodenhorn; 8. Including our own Jeanette Edwards and Marilyn Strathern; 9. Figures of relations: reconnecting kinship studies and museum collections Mary Bouquet;
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List of illustrations; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: cultures of relatedness Janet Carsten; 2. Chinese patriliny and the cycles of yang and laiwang Charles Stafford; 3. Identity and substance: the broadening bases of relatedness among the Nuer of southern Sudan Sharon Elaine Hutchinson; 4. Sentiment and substance in North Indian forms of relatedness Helen Lambert; 5. Kindreds and descent groups: new perspectives from Madagascar Rita Astuti; 6. How Karembola men become mothers Karen Middleton; 7. 'He used to be my relative': exploring the bases of relatedness among Inupiat of northern Alaska Barbara Bodenhorn; 8. Including our own Jeanette Edwards and Marilyn Strathern; 9. Figures of relations: reconnecting kinship studies and museum collections Mary Bouquet;

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