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The Character of kinship / edited by Jack Goody.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge [Eng.] : University Press, [1973]Description: xii, 251 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0521290023
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.83
Contents:
Barth, F. Descent and marriage reconsidered.--Strathern, A. Kinship, descent and locality: some New Guinea examples.--La Fontaine, J. Desce nt in New Guinea: an Africanist view.--Leach, E. Complementary filiatio n and bilateral kinship.--Barnes, J. A. Genetrix: genitor:: nature: cul ture?--Bloch, M. The long term and the short term: the economic and pol itical significance of the morality of kinship.--Pitt-Rivers, J. The ki th and the kin.--Freeman, D. Kinship, attachment behaviour and the prim ary bond.--Smith, R. T. The matrifocal family.--Harris, G. Furies, witc hes and mothers.--Abrahams, R. G. Some aspects of levirate.--Goody, J. Polygyny, economy and the role of women.--Tambiah, S. J. From varna to caste through mixed unions.--Barnes, J. A. Bibliography of the writings of Meyer Fortes (p. 231-235)
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Books - Open Access Books - Open Access Main Library - Open Shelves 306.83 CHA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 001557014
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Published on the occasion of the retirement of Meyer Fortes.

Includes Bibliographical References (p. 236-248).

Barth, F. Descent and marriage reconsidered.--Strathern, A. Kinship, descent and locality: some New Guinea examples.--La Fontaine, J. Desce nt in New Guinea: an Africanist view.--Leach, E. Complementary filiatio n and bilateral kinship.--Barnes, J. A. Genetrix: genitor:: nature: cul ture?--Bloch, M. The long term and the short term: the economic and pol itical significance of the morality of kinship.--Pitt-Rivers, J. The ki th and the kin.--Freeman, D. Kinship, attachment behaviour and the prim ary bond.--Smith, R. T. The matrifocal family.--Harris, G. Furies, witc hes and mothers.--Abrahams, R. G. Some aspects of levirate.--Goody, J. Polygyny, economy and the role of women.--Tambiah, S. J. From varna to caste through mixed unions.--Barnes, J. A. Bibliography of the writings of Meyer Fortes (p. 231-235)

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