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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787639203321

Autore

Korn Francis.

Titolo

Elementary structures reconsidered : Levi-Strauss on kinship / / Francis Korn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2004

ISBN

1-315-01748-2

1-136-53577-2

1-136-53584-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (277 p.)

Collana

Routledge library editions.Anthropology and ethnography ; ; IV

Disciplina

301.42/1

Soggetti

Kinship

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1973.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Incest Taboo: a Bridge; 2 Structures and Regimes; 3 Prescription and Preference; 4 Terminology and 'Structure': the Dieri Case; 5 A Question of Preferences: the Iatmül Case; 6 Some Comments on Alternation: the Mara Case; 7 Permutation Models and Prescriptive Systems; 8 Conclusions; Appendix; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Constituting a measured but devastating critique of Lévi-Strauss's work on kinship systems, this book deals with prescriptive forms of social classification and had far-reaching implications for anthropological theory when it was originally published. Originally published in 1973.