ISBN-13: 9780521590211 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 352 str.
ISBN-13: 9780521590211 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 352 str.
The intent of this collection of original essays is to revitalize the study of kinship and exchange in a social network perspective. The collection combines studies of empirical systems of marriage and descent with investigations of the flow of material resources. This book marks the emergence of a new era in the study of kinship and exchange using a productive combination of ethnographic substance with formal methods, one which leaves behind older structural-functionalist and culturalist assumptions.