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Hardcover. * Brings together for the first time both classic works from Evans-Pritchard, Levi-Strauss, Leach, and Schneider, as well as articles on such electrifying contemporary debates as surrogate motherhood, and gay and lesbian kinship. Editor(s): Parkin, Robert; Stone, Linda. Series: Blackwell Anthologies in Social and Cultural Anthropology. Num Pages: 496 pages, 32. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 181 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1038.
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.
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, Lévi-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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
Series
Blackwell Anthologies in Social and Cultural Anthropology
Number of Pages
496
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780631229988
SKU
V9780631229988
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About Parkin
Robert Parkin is a Lecturer at the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford. His books include Kinship: An Introduction to Basic Concepts (Blackwell, 1997), Perilous Transactions and other Papers in Indian and General Anthropology (2001), and Louis Dumont and Hierarchical Opposition (2002). Linda Stone is Professor of Anthropology at Washington State University. Her publications ... Read more
Reviews for Kinship and Family
"One looks to a Reader to be authoritative: this is also a highly imaginative collection. Nuanced as well as balanced, the editors’ compilations bring out the best not just in the study of kinship but in anthropology. A tonic for old hands and new hands alike." Marilyn Strathern, University of Cambridge