Dividends of Kinship - 9780415182843

Taylor & Francis

This collection reaffirms the importance of kinship, and of studying kinship, within the framework of social anthropology with examples from areas such as Austria, Greenland, Portugal, Turkey and the Amazon. > \nThis collection reaffirms the importance of kinship, and of studying kinship, within the framework of social anthropology.\nThe contributors examine both the benefits and burdens of kinship across cultures and explore how 'relatedness' is inextricably linked with other concepts which define people's identities - such as gender, power and history. With examples from a wide range of areas including Austria, Greenland, Portugal, Turkey and the Amazon, it covers themes such as:\n* how people choose and activate kin\n* leadership, spiritual power and kinship\n* inheritance, marriage and social inequality\n* familial sentiment and economic interest\n* the role of kinship in Utopian communes\nDividends of Kinship\nprovides a timely and critical reappraisal of the place of familiaa