Rethinking Kinship and Marriage by Rodney Needham

Rethinking Kinship and Marriage by Rodney Needham

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Summary

This volume is concerned with two of the fundamental topics of social anthropology, kinship and marriage, approached from a variety of viewpoints by an international group of contributors of diverse experience and background.

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Rethinking Kinship and Marriage by Rodney Needham

This volume is concerned with two of the fundamental topics of social anthropology, kinship and marriage, approached from a variety of viewpoints by an international group of contributors of diverse experience and background. The wide range of subjects examined includes: Incest, epistemology, linguistics, prescriptive alliance and methodology. Fieldwork from the following countries is drawn on: Burma, Sri Lanka, New Guinea, Australia, Africa and South America.
Rodney Needham was a Fellow at All Souls College and Professor of Social Anthropology, Oxford University.
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ISBN 13 9780415511278
ISBN 10 0415511275
Title Rethinking Kinship and Marriage
Author Rodney Needham
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Routledge
Year published 2011-12-13
Number of pages 396
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