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Explores new developments in kinship studies in anthropology -- including the impact of new reproductive technologies and changing conceptualisations of personhood and gender.

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'Eschews polemic in favour of the balanced approach appropriate to a good lecture course' -- Social Anthropology

Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. First principles
2. Kinship, descent and marriage
3. Kinship and the domestic domain
4. Descent and the public domain I: lineage theory
5. Descent and the public domain II: matrilineal and cognatic descent
6. Marriage and alliance
7. Universality of kinship and the current practice of kinship studies
Notes
Index

Anthropological Perspectives on Kinship Anthropology Culture and Society

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      Publisher: Pluto Press
      Publication Date: 10/20/1996 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780745309170, 978-0745309170
      ISBN10: 0745309178
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      Social and cultural anthropology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Explores new developments in kinship studies in anthropology -- including the impact of new reproductive technologies and changing conceptualisations of personhood and gender.

      Trade Review
      'Eschews polemic in favour of the balanced approach appropriate to a good lecture course' -- Social Anthropology

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgements
      Introduction
      1. First principles
      2. Kinship, descent and marriage
      3. Kinship and the domestic domain
      4. Descent and the public domain I: lineage theory
      5. Descent and the public domain II: matrilineal and cognatic descent
      6. Marriage and alliance
      7. Universality of kinship and the current practice of kinship studies
      Notes
      Index

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