Overview
This volume is concerned with two of the fundamental topics of social anthropology, kinship and marriage, approached from a variety of viewpoints by an international group of contributors of diverse experience and background. The wide range of subjects examined includes: Incest, epistemology, linguistics, prescriptive alliance and methodology. Fieldwork from the following countries is drawn on: Burma, Sri Lanka, New Guinea, Australia, Africa and South America.
- | Author: Rodney Needham
- | Publisher: Routledge
- | Publication Date: Feb 26, 2004
- | Number of Pages: 396 pages
- | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
- | ISBN-10: 0415330130
- | ISBN-13: 9780415330138
