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Book Synopsis
This book is an introduction to the social anthropology of kinship -- to the ways in which the peoples of different cultures marry and relate to each other within and outside the family.

Table of Contents
List of Figures.

Preface.

Part I: Basic Concepts:.

1. Introductory.

2. Descent.

3. The Family and Other Kin Groupings.

4. Marriage and Sexual Relations.

5. Kinship (Relationship) Terminology.

6. Symmetric Affinal Alliance.

7. Asymmetric Affinal Alliance.

8. FZD and ZD Marriage.

9. Non-prescriptive Pseudo-systems.

10. The Meaning of Kinship.

Part II: Theories of Kinship:.

11. The Significance of Kinship in Anthropology.

12. Theories of Descent.

13. Kinship Terminology and Affinal Alliance.

14. Typologies and Terminological Change.

15. Ethnographic Examples and Further Reading.

Bibliography.

Index.

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: 14/04/1997
      ISBN13: 9780631203599, 978-0631203599
      ISBN10: 0631203591
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      Archaeology Social and cultural anthropology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book is an introduction to the social anthropology of kinship -- to the ways in which the peoples of different cultures marry and relate to each other within and outside the family.

      Table of Contents
      List of Figures.

      Preface.

      Part I: Basic Concepts:.

      1. Introductory.

      2. Descent.

      3. The Family and Other Kin Groupings.

      4. Marriage and Sexual Relations.

      5. Kinship (Relationship) Terminology.

      6. Symmetric Affinal Alliance.

      7. Asymmetric Affinal Alliance.

      8. FZD and ZD Marriage.

      9. Non-prescriptive Pseudo-systems.

      10. The Meaning of Kinship.

      Part II: Theories of Kinship:.

      11. The Significance of Kinship in Anthropology.

      12. Theories of Descent.

      13. Kinship Terminology and Affinal Alliance.

      14. Typologies and Terminological Change.

      15. Ethnographic Examples and Further Reading.

      Bibliography.

      Index.

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