Three Styles in the Study of Kinship

ISBN-13: 9780415330084 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 318 str.

J. A. Barnes

Opis

This volume examines the work of three distinguished anthropologists that bears on kinship and determines what theoretical models are implicit in their writings, as well as assessing to what extent their claims have been validated.

Spis treści

Part 1: Safety in numbers 1. Introduction 2. Data and disciplines 3. Culture or society? 4. Culture or Behaviour? 5. Time and process 6. Statistical techniques 7. Coding 8. The sampling unit 9. Independent instances and independent trials 10. Discrete or skinless cultures? 11. Assessment Part 2: Real models 1. Introduction 2. Objectives 3. Fundamental elements 4. Models, structures, and time 5. Kinship structures 6. Data for the model to explain 7. Restricted and generalized exchange 8. Filiation and residence 9. Limiting conditions 10. Validation Part 3: Irreducible principles 1. Scope and limits 2. Aims 3. Analytical armamentarium 4. Structure and organization 5. Descent 6. Filiation 7. Segmentation, incest, and exogamy 8. Assessment

O autorze

J.A. Barnes