Rethinking Kinship and Marriage - 9780415330138

Taylor & Francis

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. > 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. > intro: Introduction; 1: Remarks on the Analysis of Kinship and Marriage; 2: Meanings of Kinship; 3: Marriage: A Reassessment; 4: More about \u2018Mama\u2019 and \u2018Papa\u2019; 5: A Question of Preferences The Iatmul Case; 6: Marriage and Exchange in the Sepik; 7: Some Problems concerning the Wikt