The Metamorphoses of Kinship
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1788736621
ISBN-13
9781788736626
Publisher
Verso Books
Imprint
Verso Books
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 21st, 2020
Print length
656 Pages
Weight
776 grams
Dimensions
23.80 x 15.20 x 4.20 cms
Product Classification:
Cultural studiesAnthropologySocial & cultural anthropology, ethnography
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A masterwork of the anthropology of kinship by the heir to Levi-Strauss
With marriage in decline, divorce on the rise and the demise of the nuclear family, it is clear that the structures of kinship in the modern West are in a state of flux.<br><br>In <i>The Metamorphoses of Kinship</i>, the world-renowned anthropologist Maurice Godelier contextualises these developments, surveying the accumulated experience of humanity with regard to such phenomena as the organisation of lines of descent, sexuality and sexual prohibitions. In parallel, Godelier studies the evolution of Western conjugal and familial traditions from their roots in the nineteenth century to the present. The conclusion he draws is that it is never the case that a man and a woman are sufficient on their own to raise a child, and nowhere are relations of kinship or the family the keystone of society.
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