Three Styles in the Study of Kinship

The study of kinship is a fundamental part of the study and the practice of social anthropology. This volume examines the work of three distinguished anthropologists that bear on kinship.

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