How Kinship Systems Change: On the Dialectics of Practice and Classification

By Robert Parkin

Using some of his landmark publications on kinship, along with a new introduction, chapter and conclusion, Robert Parkin discusses here the changes in kinship terminologies and marriage practices, as well as the dialectics between them. The chapters also focus on a suggested trajectory, linking South Asia and Europe and the specific question of the status of Crow-Omaha systems. The collection culminates in the argument that, whereas marriage systems and practices seem infinitely varied when examined from a very close perspective, the terminologies that accompany them are much more restricted.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1800731663
• ISBN13: 9781800731660
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"