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Kinship and Family: An Anthropological Reader
Contributor(s): Parkin (Author), Stone (Author)
ISBN: 063122999X     ISBN-13: 9780631229995
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
OUR PRICE:   $60.34  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: January 2004
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Annotation: Drawing on their complementary areas of expertise, Parkin and Stone have produced the most comprehensive reader on kinship available. "Kinship and Family: An Anthropological Reader" is a representative collection tracing the history of the anthropological study of kinship from the early 1900s to the present day: from the classic works of Evans-Pritchard, Levi-Strauss, Leach, and Schneider, to the electrifying contemporary debates on such issues as surrogate motherhood, and gay and lesbian kinship.


By bringing together for the first time such an array of articles on kinship and its relation to social organization, this volume offers students and professionals a survey of the most important and critical work in the field. "Kinship and Family: An Anthropological Reader" includes extensive discussion and analysis of the selections that contextualizes them within theoretical debates.

Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Sociology - Marriage & Family
- Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social
Dewey: 306.85
LCCN: 2003056028
Series: Blackwell Anthologies in Social & Cultural Anthropology (Paperback)
Physical Information: 1.08" H x 6.7" W x 9.68" (1.73 lbs) 479 pages
Themes:
- Topical - Family
 
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Publisher Description:
The most comprehensive reader on kinship available, Kinship and Family: An Anthropological Reader is a representative collection tracing the history of the anthropological study of kinship from the early 1900s to the present day.

  • Brings together for the first time both classic works from Evans-Pritchard, L vi-Strauss, Leach, and Schneider, as well as articles on such electrifying contemporary debates as surrogate motherhood, and gay and lesbian kinship.
  • Draws on the editors' complementary areas of expertise to offer readers a single-volume survey of the most important and critical work on kinship.
  • Includes extensive discussion and analysis of the selections that contextualizes them within theoretical debates.