| Cultures of Relatedness: New Approaches to the Study of Kinship Contributor(s): Carsten, Janet (Editor) |
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ISBN: 052165193X ISBN-13: 9780521651936 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $118.75 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 2000 Annotation: Our understanding of what makes a person a relative has been transformed by radical changes in marriage arrangements and gender relations, and by new reproductive technologies. We can no longer take it for granted that our most fundamental social relationships are grounded in "biology" or "nature." Examining the idioms of relatedness in other societies, and ways in which relationship is symbolized and interpreted in our own society, this book challenges established analytic categories of anthropology, and brings into question the received wisdom at the heart of the study of kinship. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - Marriage & Family - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 306.83 |
| LCCN: 99015844 |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6" W x 9" (1.11 lbs) 228 pages |