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Author : Nelson H. H. Graburn
Release : 1971
Genre : Social Science
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Book Synopsis Readings in Kinship and Social Structure by : Nelson H. H. Graburn
Download or read book Readings in Kinship and Social Structure written by Nelson H. H. Graburn. This book was released on 1971. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : C. C. Harris
Release : 2013-10-22
Genre : Social Science
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Book Synopsis Readings in Kinship in Urban Society by : C. C. Harris
Download or read book Readings in Kinship in Urban Society written by C. C. Harris. This book was released on 2013-10-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readings in Kinship in Urban Society is a collection of articles on a specialized aspect of Sociology and Social Psychology, mainly focusing on the web of social relationships in urban setting. This book is divided into five major parts, discussing different areas of kinship in urban society. The first part examines kinship systems and the recognition of relationships, wherein certain formal characteristics of the cognatic kinship system of a rural community in Greece are featured. This book then explains the functions of kinship. Mate selection, as well as urbanization and the family, is also tackled. This text concludes by explaining a study of the family life of old people. This publication will be invaluable to anthropologists, sociologists, human ecologists, and other experts interested in studying kinship systems. Anthropology, sociology, and human ecology students will also find this book interesting and helpful.
Author : Meyer Fortes
Release : 2017-07-12
Genre : Social Science
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Book Synopsis Kinship and the Social Order by : Meyer Fortes
Download or read book Kinship and the Social Order written by Meyer Fortes. This book was released on 2017-07-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the world's most eminent social anthropologists draws upon his many years of study and research in the field of kinship and social organization to review the development of anthropological theory and method from Lewis Henry Morgan (1818-1881) to anthropologists of the 1960s. It is the central argument of this book that the structuralist theory and method developed by British and American anthropologists in the study of kinship and social organization is the direct descendant of Morgan's researches. The volume starts with a re-examination of Morgan's work. Professor Fortes demonstrates how a tradition of misinterpretation has disguised the true import of Morgan's discoveries. He follows with a detailed analysis of the work of Rivers and Radcliffe-Brown and the generation of anthropologists inspired by them. The author states his own point of view as it has developed in the framework of modern structuralist theory, with ethnographic examples examined in depth. He shows that the social relations and institutions conventionally grouped under the rubric of kinship and social organization belong simultaneously to two complementary domains of social structure, the familial and the political. Meyer Fortes' contribution to the field of anthropology can best be understood in the context of balance of forces between these domains of the personal and public. In the latter part of the book, he gives detailed attention to the principal conceptual issues that have confronted research and theory in the study of kinship and social organizations since Morgan's time. He shows that kinship institutions are autonomous, not mere by-products of economic requirements, and demonstrates the moral base of kinship in the rule of amity.
Author : C. C. Harris
Release : 2013-10-22
Genre : Social Science
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Book Synopsis Reading in Kinship in Urban Society by : C. C. Harris
Download or read book Reading in Kinship in Urban Society written by C. C. Harris. This book was released on 2013-10-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reading in Kinship in Urban Society is a collection of articles that deal with family and kinship in urban settlements. It provides comparative ethnographic data and introduces studies and approaches found outside British social inquiry. Organized into four parts, this book first introduces kinship systems and the recognition of relationships in various communities. It then identifies the functions of kinship systems and pays particular attention to inheritance of property. After discussing patterns of mate selection and marital relationships, it turns to the effects of urbanization on family life. This book ends with a discussion about the family life of elderly people. Anthropologists and sociologists studying the relation of kinship to societies will find this book invaluable.
Author : Roger M. Keesing
Release : 1975
Genre : Family & Relationships
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Book Synopsis Kin Groups and Social Structure by : Roger M. Keesing
Download or read book Kin Groups and Social Structure written by Roger M. Keesing. This book was released on 1975. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introductory survey of anthropological theory on kinship and social structure; case studies included discussion of the Kariera four-section system as an example of a symmetrical alliance system.
