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UNINA9910791366203321 |
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Titolo |
Kinship and beyond [[electronic resource] ] : the genealogical model reconsidered / / edited by Sandra Bamford and James Leach |
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New York, : Berghahn books, c2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-62753-8 |
9786612627538 |
1-84545-896-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (300 p.) |
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Collana |
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Fertility, reproduction and sexuality ; ; v. 15 |
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Classificazione |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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BamfordSandra C. <1962-> |
LeachJames <1969-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Kinship |
Genealogy |
Human population genetics |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 model-in particular, ideas concerning sequence, essence, and transmission-structure other modes of practice and knowledge-making in domains well beyond what is normally labeled "kinship." The detailed ethnographic work and analysis included in this text explores how these assumptions have been built into our understandings of race, personhood, ethnicity, property relations, and the relationship between human beings and non-human sp |
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