Cultures of Relatedness: New Approaches to the Study of Kinship (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521656276)

Our understanding of what makes a person a relative has been transformed by radical changes in marriage arrangements and gender relations, and by new reproductive technologies. We can no longer take it for granted that our most fundamental social relationships are grounded in "biology" or "nature." Examining the idioms of relatedness in other societies, and ways in which relationship is symbolized and interpreted in our own society, this book challenges established analytic categories of anthropology, and brings into question the received wisdom at the heart of the study of kinship.

Author: Janet Carsten
ISBN-10: 0521656273
ISBN-13: 9780521656276
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/09/2000
Pages: 228
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 8.97h x 6.02w x 0.58d