Kinship and beyond : the genealogical model reconsidered

Kinship and beyond : the genealogical model reconsidered / edited by Sandra Bamford and James Leach.

The genealogical model has a long-standing history in Western thought. The contributors to this volume consider the ways in which assumptions about the genealogical modelin particular, ideas concerning sequence, essence, and transmissionstructure other modes of practice and knowledge-making in domai...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Bamford, Sandra C., 1962-, Leach, James, 1969-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Berghahn Books, 2009.
Series:Fertility, reproduction, and sexuality ; v. 15.
Subjects:
Kinship.
Genealogy.
Human population genetics.
kinship.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Marriage & Family.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Genealogy
Human population genetics
Kinship
Verwandtschaft
Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung
Anthropologie
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Table of Contents:
  • Title page-Kinship and Beyond; Contents; List of Figures; Introduction; Chapter 1-Arborescent Culture; Chapter 2-When Blood Matters; Chapter 3-The Web of Kin; Chapter 4-Genes, Mobilities and the Enclosures of Capital; Chapter 5-Skipping a Generation and Assisting Conception; Chapter 6-'Family Trees' among the Kamea of Papua New Guinea; Chapter 7-Knowledge as Kinship; Chapter 8-Stories Against Classification; Chapter 9-Revealing and Obscuring Rivers's Pedigrees; Chapter 10-The Gift and the Given; List of Contributors; Index.

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