How kinship systems change : on the dialectics of practice and classification
Bibliographie
- Auteurs : Parkin Robert (1950-....) ;
- ISBN : 978-1-80073-166-0, 1-80073-166-3
- Sujets : Systèmes de parenté, Parenté, Mariage des cousins croisés, India
- Langue(s) : Anglais
- Description matérielle : 1 volume (viii-302 pages), 24 cm
- Pays de publication : États-Unis, Royaume-Uni
Notes
Notes bibliographiques. Bibliographie en fin de chapitres. Index
Résumé
'Using some of his landmark publications on kinship, along with a new introduction, chapter and conclusion, Robert Parkin discusses here the changes in kinship terminologies and marriage practices, as well as the dialectics between them. The chapters also focus on a suggested trajectory, linking South Asia and Europe and the specific question of the status of Crow-Omaha systems. The collection culminates in the argument that, whereas marriage systems and practices seem infinitely varied when examined from a very close perspective, the terminologies that accompany them are much more restricted'