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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826349403321

Autore

Goody Jack

Titolo

Comparative studies in kinship / / Jack Goody

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2004

ISBN

1-136-53549-7

1-136-53556-X

1-315-01747-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (282 p.)

Collana

Family & kinship ; ; III

Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography

Disciplina

392.32

Soggetti

Kinship

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1969.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Dedication ; Table of Contents ; Preface; CHAPTER ONE  Comparative Sociology and theDecolonization of the Social Sciences; CHAPTER TWO  A Comparative Approach to Incest and Adultery1; CHAPTER THREE  The Mother's Brother and the Sister's Sonin West Africa; CHAPTER FOUR  The Classification of Donble Descent Systems; CHAPTER FIVE  Inheritance, Social Change and the BoundaryProblem; CHAPTER SIX Marriage Policy and Incorporation inNorthern Ghana; CHAPTER SEVEN  The Circulation of Women and Chldren inNorthern Ghana

CHAPTER EIGHT  Cross-cousin Marriage in Northern GhanaCHAPTER NINE  Indo-European Kinship; CHAPTER TEN  On Nannas and Nannies; Subject  Index

Sommario/riassunto

Against the background of the problems involved in the comparative study of human society, the essays in this book show the comparative ideal in practice, which combines elements from both sociology and anthropology. <BR> In each essay, specific problems are treated in a way which tests theory against evidence, to replace assertion by demonstration. <BR> Topics covered include:<BR> · Incest and Adultery<BR> · Double descent systems<BR> · Inheritance, social change and the boundary problem<BR> · Marriage policy<BR> · The circulation of women and children in northern Ghana<BR> · Indo-



European ki