ISBN:
0203449754
,
9780203449752
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (x, 221 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
European Association of Social Anthropologists
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Dividends of kinship
DDC:
306.85
Keywords:
Kinship Cross-cultural studies
;
Congresses
;
Families Cross-cultural studies
;
Congresses
;
Parenté Études transculturelles
;
Famille Études transculturelles
;
Kinship Cross-cultural studies
;
Congresses
;
Families Cross-cultural studies
;
Congresses
;
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS ; Alternative Family
;
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS ; Reference
;
Families
;
Kinship
;
Verwantschap
;
Electronic books
;
Konferenzschrift
;
Konferenzschrift
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Konferenzschrift
Abstract:
Annotation, This collection reasserts the importance of kinship, and of studying kinship, within the framework of social anthropology. The contributors look at both the benefits and burdens of kinship across cultures, and examine how "relatedness" is inextricably linked with other concepts which define people's identity -- such as gender, power and history. The contributors look at constructions of heredity and relatedness in a wide range of areas, including Greenland, Turkey, Portugal and across South America. Taking a theoretically-informed approach, they examine contentious themes, such as the relationship of communal living to concepts of kinship, and differences between rural and urban conceptions of the family. This volume provides a long overdue, critical reappraisal of the place of familial relations within the contemporary world
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
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