Full Description
This volume is concerned with two of the fundamental topics of social anthropology, kinship and marriage, approached from a variety of viewpoints by an international group of contributors of diverse experience and background.
The wide range of subjects examined includes: Incest, epistemology, linguistics, prescriptive alliance and methodology.
Fieldwork from the following countries is drawn on: Burma, Sri Lanka, New Guinea, Australia, Africa and South America.
Contents
intro: Introduction; 1: Remarks on the Analysis of Kinship and Marriage; 2: Meanings of Kinship; 3: Marriage: A Reassessment; 4: More about 'Mama' and 'Papa'; 5: A Question of Preferences The Iatmul Case; 6: Marriage and Exchange in the Sepik; 7: Some Problems concerning the Wik-mungkan; 8: Some Kaguru Notions about Incest and Other Sexual Prohibitions; 9: Purum Descent Groups Some Vagaries of Method; 10: Sister's Child as Plant
