Kinship : an introduction to basic concepts /
Robert Parkin.
- xi, 208 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-195) and index.
List of Figures -- Preface -- Introductory -- Descent -- The Family and Other Kin Groupings -- Marriage and Sexual Relations -- Kinship (Relationship) Terminology -- Symmetric Affinal Alliance -- Asymmetric Affinal Alliance -- FZD and ZD Marriage -- Non-prescriptive Pseudo-systems -- The Meaning of Kinship -- The Significance of Kinship in Anthropology -- Theories of Descent -- Kinship Terminology and Affinal Alliance -- Typologies and Terminological Change -- Ethnographic Examples and Further Reading -- Bibliography -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.