Rethinking Kinship and Marriage

Needham, Rodney

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Publisher's Synopsis

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.

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Book information

ISBN:	9780415511278
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Imprint:	Routledge
Pub date:	13 Dec 2011
DEWEY:	306.8
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	276
Weight:	496g
Height:	138mm
Width:	215mm
Spine width:	31mm