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Crow-Omaha : New Light on a Classic Problem of Kinship Analysis

Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 2012 [©2012]

Online-Ressource (348 p)

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""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Kinship Notation""; ""Linguistic Note""; ""1. A Classic Problem - Thomas R. Trautmann and Peter M. Whiteley""; ""Crow-Omaha in Theory""; ""2. Crossness and Crow-Omaha - Thomas R. Trautmann""; ""3. Tetradic Theory and Omaha Systems - Nicholas J. Allen""; ""North America""; ""4. Omaha and “Omaha� - R. H. Barnes""; ""5. Crow-Omaha Kinship in North America: A Puebloan Perspective - Peter M. Whiteley""; ""6. Phylogenetic Analysis of Sociocultural Data: Identifying Transformation Vectors for Kinship Systems - Ward C. Wheeler, Peter M. Whiteley, and Theodore Powers""

""Africa""""7. A Tetradic Starting Point for Skewing? Marriage as a Generational Contract: Reflections on Sister-Exchange in Africa - Wendy James""; ""8. Crow-(and Omaha-) TypeKinship Terminology: The Fanti Case - David B. Kronenfeld""; ""9. Deep-Time Historical Contexts of Crow and Omaha Systems Perspectives from Africa - Christopher Ehret""; ""South America""; ""10. The Making and Unmaking of “Crow-Omaha� Kinship in Central Brazil(ian Ethnology) - Marcela Coelho de Souza""

""11. Schemas of Kinship Relations and the Construction of Social Categories among the Mebêng�krê Kayapó - Terence Turner""""Australia""; ""12. Omaha Skewing in Australia Overlays, Dynamism, and Change - Patrick McConvell""; ""13. “Horizontal� and “Vertical� Skewing Similar Objectives, Two Solutions? - Laurent Dousset""; ""Afterword""; ""14. Crow-Omaha, in Thickness and in Thin - Thomas R. Trautmann and Peter M. Whiteley""; ""Notes""; ""Glossary""; ""References""; ""Topics Index""; ""Peoples Index""; ""Persons Index""

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Print version: Crow-Omaha : New Light on a Classic Problem of Kinship Analysis

978-0-8165-0790-0

978-0-8165-0790-0 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

978-0-8165-9931-8 ( : 87.05 (UA))

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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Kinship Notation -- Linguistic Note -- 1. A Classic Problem - Thomas R. Trautmann and Peter M. Whiteley -- Crow-Omaha in Theory -- 2. Crossness and Crow-Omaha - Thomas R. Trautmann -- 3. Tetradic Theory and Omaha Systems - Nicholas J. Allen -- North America -- 4. Omaha and "Omaha" - R. H. Barnes -- 5. Crow-Omaha Kinship in North America: A Puebloan Perspective - Peter M. Whiteley -- 6. Phylogenetic Analysis of Sociocultural Data: Identifying Transformation Vectors for Kinship Systems - Ward C. Wheeler, Peter M. Whiteley, and Theodore Powers -- Africa -- 7. A Tetradic Starting Point for Skewing? Marriage as a Generational Contract: Reflections on Sister-Exchange in Africa - Wendy James -- 8. Crow-(and Omaha-) TypeKinship Terminology: The Fanti Case - David B. Kronenfeld -- 9. Deep-Time Historical Contexts of Crow and Omaha Systems Perspectives from Africa - Christopher Ehret -- South America -- 10. The Making and Unmaking of "Crow-Omaha" Kinship in Central Brazil(ian Ethnology) - Marcela Coelho de Souza -- 11. Schemas of Kinship Relations and the Construction of Social Categories among the Mebêngôkrê Kayapó - Terence Turner -- Australia -- 12. Omaha Skewing in Australia Overlays, Dynamism, and Change - Patrick McConvell -- 13. "Horizontal" and "Vertical" Skewing Similar Objectives, Two Solutions? - Laurent Dousset -- Afterword -- 14. Crow-Omaha, in Thickness and in Thin - Thomas R. Trautmann and Peter M. Whiteley -- Notes -- Glossary -- References -- Topics Index -- Peoples Index -- Persons Index.