Rethinking Kinship and Marriage

Introduction

This volume is concerned with two of the fundamental topics of social anthropology, kinship and marriage, approached from a variety of viewpoints by an international group of contributors of diverse experience and background.

Subjects Examined

The wide range of subjects examined includes: Incest, epistemology, linguistics, prescriptive alliance and methodology.

Fieldwork

Fieldwork from the following countries is drawn on: Burma, Sri Lanka, New Guinea, Australia, Africa and South America.