The Character of kinship - Goody, Jack; Fortes, Meyer (Cambridge [Eng.] : University Press, 1973)
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)
Published on the occasion of the retirement of Meyer Fortes.
Includes Bibliographical References (p. 236-248).
Keywords: Fortes, Meyer; Kinship; Family; Marriage