Rethinking Kinship and Marriage

By Rodney Needham

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415511275
• ISBN13: 9780415511278
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 396 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"