Kinship and Family: An Anthropological Reader

By Robert J. Parkin

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 063122999X
• ISBN13: 9780631229995
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 479 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.7" x 9.7"