The Heat of the Hearth: The Process of Kinship in a Malay Fishing Community

ISBN-13: 9780198280460 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 336 str.

Janet Carsten

Opis

Janet Carsten offers an original and very personal investigation of the nature of kinship in Malaysia, based upon her own experience as a foster daughter in a family on the island of Langkawi. She shows that Malay kinship is a process, not a state: it is determined partly by birth, but also throughout life by living together and sharing food. Carsten gives the reader a fascinating "anthropology of everyday life," including a compelling view of gender relations; she urges reassessment of recent anthropological work on gender, and a new approach to the study of kinship.

Recenzje

This study is a pleasure to read, discusses the author's own experiences, and situates her account in current concerns about gender and society in Southeast Asia. All levels.