Sandra (Hrsg.) Bamford

Kinship and Beyond

The Genealogical Model Reconsidered

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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 species. The authors explore the influences of the ge… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Leach, James (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-1-84545-896-6
EAN: 9781845458966
Produktnummer: 20450128
Verlag: Berghahn Books
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
Seitenangabe: 300 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 1'714 KB
Auflage: 1. Auflage
Reihenbandnummer: 15

Über den Autor

James Leach is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Aberdeen. Published works include Creative Land: Place and Procreation on the Rai Coast of Papua New Guinea (2003), Reite Plants: An Ethnobotanical Study in Tok Pisin and English (2010, with Porer Nombo), and Recognising and Translating Knowledge, 2012 Anthropological Forum Special Issue, ed with R. Davis).