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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789600703321

Titolo

The social anthropology of Radcliffe-Brown / / edited by Adam Kuper

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxfordshire ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004

ISBN

1-136-54109-8

1-136-54116-0

1-315-01767-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (459 p.)

Collana

Social and cultural anthropology ; ; VII

Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography

Altri autori (Persone)

KuperAdam

Disciplina

306

Soggetti

Ethnology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1977.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

part I. Structure and function -- part II. Rites and values -- part III. The study of kinship systems.

Sommario/riassunto

This is the first collection of Radcliffe-Brown's work chosen to represent his books as well as his essays. It includes some classic pieces, and also one or two lesser-known items. Radcliffe-Brown was a pioneer who established structural, sociological anthropology, in the face of the entrenched traditions of ethnology and social evolutionism.<BR> First published in 1977.