Research Catalog

Title

Anthropological perspectives on kinship / Ladislav Holy.

Author

Holý, Ladislav.

Publication

Chicago ; London : Pluto Press, 1996.

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Details

Description

vi 198 pages; 23 cm.

Summary

• In this volume Ladislav Holy considers the extent to which overridingly Western assumptions have guided anthropological studies of kinship. This is the first introductory text on the subject to consider changes in the conceptualisation of kinship brought about by new reproductive technologies and the growing interest in culturally specific notions of personhood and gender.
• Holy reveals a growing sensitivity on the part of anthropologists to individual ideas of personhood and gender, and encourages further critical reflection on cultural bias in approaches to the subject. Linking kinship with wider debates in anthropology and the social sciences in a lucid, jargon free study, Anthropological Perspectives on Kinship is an invaluable introduction to current practice for specialists and non-specialists alike.

Series Statement

Anthropology, culture, and society

Uniform Title

Anthropology, culture, and society.

Subject

Kinship

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p.174-190) and index.

Contents

1. First Principles -- 2. Kinship, Descent and Marriage -- 3. Kinship and the Domestic Domain -- 4. Descent and the Public Domain I: Lineage Theory -- 5. Descent and the Public Domain II: Matrilineal and Cognatic Descent -- 6. Marriage and Alliance -- 7. Universality of Kinship and the Current Practice of Kinship Studies.

ISBN

0745309186 (hbk)

LCCN

96008271

OCLC

• 223676345
• ocn223676345

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries