Rethinking Marriage and Kinship

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: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415330130
• ISBN13: 9780415330138
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 396 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.7" x 8.8"