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008			961003s1997 enka b 001 0 eng
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020			_a0631203583
020			_a0631203591 (pbk.)
035			_a(OCoLC)35723624
035			_a(OCoLC)ocm35723624
035			_a(NNC)1973749
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050	0	0	_aGN487 _b.P36 1997
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100	1		_aParkin, Robert, _d1950- _9184
245	0	0	_aKinship : _ban introduction to basic concepts / _cRobert Parkin.
260			_aOxford, UK ; _aMalden, Mass. : _bBlackwell Publishers, _c1997.
263			_a9703
300			_axi, 208 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0	0	_g1. _tIntroductory -- _g2. _tDescent -- _g3. _tThe Family and Other Kin Groupings -- _g4. _tMarriage and Sexual Relations -- _g5. _tKinship (Relationship) Terminology -- _g6. _tSymmetric Affinal Alliance -- _g7. _tAsymmetric Affinal Alliance -- _g8. _tFZD and ZD Marriage -- _g9. _tNon-prescriptive Pseudo-systems -- _g10. _tThe Meaning of Kinship -- _g11. _tThe Significance of Kinship in Anthropology -- _g12. _tTheories of Descent -- _g13. _tKinship Terminology and Affinal Alliance -- _g14. _tTypologies and Terminological Change -- _g15. _tEthnographic Examples and Further Reading.
520			_aThis book is an introduction to the social anthropology of kinship - to the ways in which the peoples of different cultures marry and relate to one another within and outside the family, and to the means by which one generation relates to those that come before and after it.
520	8		_aIt is addressed in particular to students of anthropology, but is also intended as a one-volume guide to those, such as social historians and geographers, who find it necessary to understand patterns of kinship in different places and at different times.
520	8		_aThe book is divided into two parts. It opens with a discussion of what kinship means to the social anthropologist as distinct from the biologist, and considers the different possible approaches to the subject within social anthropology itself. The following chapters cover topics such as descent, inheritance, succession, the family, residence, marriage, kinship terminology, systems and pseudo-systems of affinal alliance, the new reproductive technologies, and symbolic approaches to kinship.
520	8		_aIn Part II four chapters provide an overview of theoretical debates concerning aspects of kinship, and consider, for example, how recent work on gender, person, and the body have challenged and modified earlier assumptions about, for example, descent, succession, and familial alliances.
520	8		_aThe book applies and illustrates these concepts and topics to a number of contrasting case studies. These illustrate the insights that can be achieved from the study of kinship, and also show that the complexity of even the most familiar kinship patterns rarely lends itself to simple description. The author also includes annotated guides to further reading.
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