In-Laws and Outlaws: Kinship and Marriage in England

ISBN-13: 9781032463889 / Angielski

Sybil Wolfram

Opis

Originally published in 1987, this book presented for the first time a unified treatment of English kinship of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This system, far from being a patchwork of historical accidents, has a remarkably logical overall structure, permeating both law and custom.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements.  Introduction.  Part 1  1. Basic Ideas  2. The Prohibited Degrees of Marriage and Incest  3. Degree Reckoning in Mourning  4. Kinship Terminology and Marriage Preferences  5. Divorce  6. The Marriage Bond  Part 2  7. Popular Explanations  8. Experts Past and Present  9. Fact and Theory  10. Indigenous Structuring  11. The Future.  Bibliography.  Appendix: Chronological Table.  Index.

O autorze

Sybil Wolfram