After Kinship
After Kinship
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Zusammenfassung
Kinship has historically been central to the discipline of anthropology but what sort of future does it have? Janet Carsten gives an approachable view of the past, present, and future of kinship in anthropology, which will be of interest not just to anthropologists but to social scientists generally.
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After Kinship by Janet Carsten
This innovative book takes a look at the anthropology of kinship and the comparative study of relatedness. Kinship has historically been central to the discipline of anthropology but what sort of future does it have? What is the impact of recent studies of reproductive technologies, of gender, and of the social construction of science in the West? What significance does public anxiety about the family, or new family forms in the West have for anthropology's analytic strategies? The study of kinship has rested on a distinction between the 'biological' and the 'social'. But recent technological developments have made this distinction no longer self-evident. What does this imply about the comparison of kinship institutions cross-culturally? Janet Carsten gives an approachable view of the past, present, and future of kinship in anthropology, which will be of interest not just to anthropologists but to social scientists generally.
'In this creative book, Janet Carsten unsettles and reorients our traditional ideas about kinshipThrough her deep understanding of kinship theory and comparative eye, we see kinship as it is made in shared experience, and interwoven with concepts of the house, person, gender, nationality, and new technologies. Kinship studies may once again become the heart of anthropology. After Carsten, they will never be the same.' Stephen Gudeman, The Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study in the Social Sciences
'… the book provides students with good examples for the variable, local meanings of kinship …' Social Anthropology
'… the book provides students with good examples for the variable, local meanings of kinship …' Social Anthropology
| SKU | Nicht verfügbar |
| ISBN 13 | 9780521665704 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521665701 |
| Titel | After Kinship |
| Autor | Janet Carsten |
| Serie | New Departures In Anthropology |
| Buchzustand | Nicht verfügbar |
| Bindungsart | Paperback |
| Verlag | Cambridge University Press |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2003-11-24 |
| Seitenanzahl | 232 |
| Hinweis auf dem Einband | Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden. |
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