| Description |
1 online resource (x, 221 pages). |
| Series |
European Association of Social Anthropologists |
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European Association of Social Anthropologists (Series)
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| Summary |
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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Choosing kin : sharing and subsistence in a Greenlandic hunting community -- Power and kinship in Shuar and Achuar society -- On the importance of being the last one : inheritance and marriage in an Austrian peasant community -- Kinship, reciprocity and the world market -- Is blood thicker than economic interest in familial enterprises? -- 'Philoprogenitiveness' through the cracks : on the resilience and benefits of kinship in Utopian communities. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Local Note |
EBSCOhost SocINDEX with Full Text |
| Subject |
Kinship -- Cross-cultural studies -- Congresses.
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Families -- Cross-cultural studies -- Congresses.
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Alternative Family.
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Reference.
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Families. (OCoLC)fst01728849
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Kinship. (OCoLC)fst00987769
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Verwantschap.
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| Indexed Term |
Social relatedness |
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EASA |
| Added Author |
Schweitzer, Peter P.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Dividends of kinship. London : Routledge, 2000 (DLC) 99047551 |
| ISBN |
0203449754 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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9780203449752 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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0415182832 (cloth) |
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0415182840 (paperback) |
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9780415182836 |
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0415182832 |
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