| Description |
ix, 215 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: 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. Kindred, cognatic, and unilineal 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 Inupiat 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 |
| Notes |
Conference proceedings |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Ethnology -- Congresses.
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Families -- Congresses.
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Kinship -- Congresses.
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Kinship -- Social aspects -- Congresses.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Carsten, Janet, author
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University of Edinburgh. Department of Social Anthropology.
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| LC no. |
99015844 |
| ISBN |
052165193X (cased) |
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0521656273 (paperback) |
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