Cultures of Relatedness : New Approaches to the Study of Kinship
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0521656273
ISBN-13
9780521656276
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 9th, 2000
Print length
228 Pages
Weight
358 grams
Dimensions
22.80 x 15.30 x 1.40 cms
Product Classification:
Social & cultural anthropology, ethnographySocial and cultural anthropology
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Anthropologists discuss changing ideas of relatedness, transformed by radical changes in marriage arrangements, gender relations and new reproductive technologies. We can no longer assume that fundamental social relationships are grounded in 'biology' or 'nature', and this brings into question received wisdom at the heart of the study of kinship.
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'. These developments have prompted anthropologists to take a fresh look at idioms of relatedness in other societies, and to review the ways in which relationships are symbolised and interpreted in our own society. Defamiliarizing some classic cases, challenging the established analytic categories of anthropology, the contributors to this innovative book focus on the boundary between the 'biological' and the 'social', and bring into question the received wisdom at the heart of the study of kinship.
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