04509oam 2200673I 450 991082419160332120240401231905.01-136-53976-X1-136-53969-71-315-01762-810.4324/9781315017624(CKB)3710000000056557(EBL)1539246(OCoLC)862613030(SSID)ssj0001167138(PQKBManifestationID)11664899(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001167138(PQKBWorkID)11121812(PQKB)10337964(MiAaPQ)EBC1539246(Au-PeEL)EBL1539246(CaPaEBR)ebr10800318(CaONFJC)MIL761875(OCoLC)868979819(FINmELB)ELB158456(EXLCZ)99371000000005655720180331e20041965 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe relevance of models for social anthropology /edited by Michael Banton1st ed.Oxon [England] :Routledge,2004.1 online resource (281 p.)Social and cultural anthropology ;IIRoutledge library editions.Anthropology and ethnographyFirst published in 1965.0-415-86655-3 0-415-33027-0 Includes bibliographical references.Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page ; Table of Contents; Introduction ; Rethinking 'Status' and 'Role': Toward a General Model of the Cultural Organization of Social Relationships; Introductory comment; The point of departure; Rights and duties; Social identities; Identity selection; Identity relationships and status relationships; The analysis of statuses; An example from Truk 1; Composite statuses; Roles; Feasibility of the method; Duty scales as instruments of social analysis; Notes; References; Some Muddles in the Models: or, How the System really Works; Part one. AlliancePart two. SegmentsPart three. Choice and Needham's typology; Part four. Conclusion; Notes; Acknowledgements; References; Problems in the Comparative Study of Unilineal Descent; I Introduction; II Descent in segmentary lineage societies; III The range of genealogical ascription; IV The maximum corporate grouping ; V The uniqueness of descent as an organizing principle; VI The factorization of descent; VII Lineage organization in states; VIII The consistency of the descent principle and the loyalties created by it pagel; IX Conclusions; Notes; ReferencesVarieties of the Conscious Model: The Fishermen of South ChinaIntroduction; The first problem; Preliminary discussion; Illustration: The South China fishermen; The second problem: What is a 'conscious model'; Further illustration; The process of assimilation; Summary and conclusion; References; On the Sociology of Primitive Exchange; I Material flow and social relations; II A scheme of reciprocities; l . Generalized reciprocity, the solidary extreme; 2. Balanced reciprocity, the midpoint; 3. Negative reciprocity, the unsociable extreme; III Reciprocity and kinship distanceIV Reciprocity and kinship rankV Reciprocity and wealth; VI Reciprocity and food; VII On balanced reciprocity; l. Formal friendship or kinship; 2 . Affirmation of corporate alliances; 3 . Peace-making; 4. Martial alliance; VIII An afterthought; Appendix A Notes on reciprocity and kinship distance; Appendix B Notes on reciprocity and kinship rank; Appendix C Notes on reciprocity and wealth; Notes; Acknowledgements; References; Notes on ContributorsThere has been much discussion in recent years about the construction of theoretical models useful in the explanation of particular areas of social organization. This volume charts that discussion and its results and covers a wide ethnographic range from the Pacific Island of Truk through African pastoral societies, south-east Asia and Hong Kong, back to Polynesia.<BR> First published in 1965.Routledge library editions.Anthropology and ethnography.AnthropologyMethodologyAnthropologyMethodology.301/.01Banton Michael1926-84820MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910824191603321The relevance of models for social anthropology4010979UNINA