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Book SynopsisAnthropologists discuss changing ideas of relatedness, transformed by radical changes in marriage arrangements, gender relations and new reproductive technologies. We can no longer assume that fundamental social relationships are grounded in 'biology' or 'nature', and this brings into question received wisdom at the heart of the study of kinship.
Trade Review'In Cultures of Relatedness, kinship study takes flight once again, soars to new heights, and offers us fresh perspectives on a topic that has long been integral to anthropology.' Ethnos
Table of ContentsList of illustrations; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: cultures of relatedness Janet Carsten; 2. Chinese patriliny and the cycles of yang and laiwang Charles Stafford; 3. Identity and substance: the broadening bases of relatedness among the Nuer of southern Sudan Sharon Elaine Hutchinson; 4. Sentiment and substance in North Indian forms of relatedness Helen Lambert; 5. Kindreds and descent groups: new perspectives from Madagascar Rita Astuti; 6. How Karembola men become mothers Karen Middleton; 7. 'He used to be my relative': exploring the bases of relatedness among Iñupiat of northern Alaska Barbara Bodenhorn; 8. Including our own Jeanette Edwards and Marilyn Strathern; 9. Figures of relations: reconnecting kinship studies and museum collections Mary Bouquet; Bibliography; Index.
