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The Owners of Kinship

Author : Luiz Costa
Publisher : Malinowski Monographs
ISBN 13 : 9780997367591
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (675 download)

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Download or read book The Owners of Kinship written by Luiz Costa and published by Malinowski Monographs. This book was released on 2017-10-15 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Owners of Kinship investigates how kinship in Indigenous Amazonia is derived from the asymmetrical relation between an "owner" and his or her dependents. Through a comprehensive ethnography of the Kanamari, Luiz Costa shows how this relationship is centered around the bond created between the feeder and the fed. Building on anthropological studies of the acquisition, distribution, and consumption of food and its role in establishing relations of asymmetrical mutuality and kinship, this book breaks theoretical ground for studies in Amazonia and beyond. By investigating how the feeding relation traverses Kanamari society--from the relation between women and the pets they raise, shaman and familiar spirit, mother and child, chiefs and followers, to those between the Brazilian state and the Kanamari--The Owners of Kinship reveals how the mutuality of kinship is determined by the asymmetry of ownership.

Contingent Kinship

Author : Kathryn A. Mariner
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520971248
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Contingent Kinship written by Kathryn A. Mariner and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on ethnographic fieldwork at a small Chicago adoption agency specializing in transracial adoption, Contingent Kinship charts the entanglement of institutional structures and ideologies of family, race, and class to argue that adoption is powerfully implicated in the question of who can have a future in the twenty-first-century United States. With a unique focus on the role that social workers and other professionals play in mediating relationships between expectant mothers and prospective adopters, Kathryn A. Mariner develops the concept of “intimate speculation,” a complex assemblage of investment, observation, and anticipation that shapes the adoption process into an elaborate mechanism for creating, dissolving, and exchanging imagined futures. Shifting the emphasis from adoption’s outcome to its conditions of possibility, this insightful ethnography places the practice of domestic adoption within a temporal, economic, and affective framework in order to interrogate the social inequality and power dynamics that render adoption—and the families it produces—possible.

The Kinship of Secrets

Author : Eugenia Kim
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin
ISBN 13 : 1328987825
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (289 download)

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Download or read book The Kinship of Secrets written by Eugenia Kim and published by Houghton Mifflin. This book was released on 2018 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "From the author of The Calligrapher's Daughter comes the riveting story of two sisters, one raised in the United States, the other in South Korea, and the family that bound them together even as the Korean War kept them apart"--

Ownership and Nurture

Author : Marc Brightman
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 1785330837
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (853 download)

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Download or read book Ownership and Nurture written by Marc Brightman and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2016-05 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book to address the classic anthropological theme of property through the ethnography of Amazonia, Ownership and Nurture sets new and challenging terms for anthropological debates about the region and about property in general. Property and ownership have special significance and carry specific meanings in Amazonia, which has been portrayed as the antithesis of Western, property-based, civilization. Through carefully constructed studies of land ownership, slavery, shamanism, spirit mastery, aesthetics, and intellectual property, this volume demonstrates that property relations are of central importance in Amazonia, and that the ownership of persons plays an especially significant role in native cosmology.

Society of Others

Author : Rupert Stasch
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520256859
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Society of Others written by Rupert Stasch and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this timely commentary on the ideas of difference, strangeness, and Western contact, Stasch weaves ethnographic materials together with theoretical framing in an exceptionally clear and compelling way. A highly original, important and, in fact, astonishing piece of scholarship."--Bambi Schieffelin, author of The Give and Take of Everyday Life "In this remarkable ethnography, Rupert Stasch takes us to the lowlands of West Papua and into the lives of people who have built a social world out of their relationships with strange and potentially dangerous others. The Korowai are classic inhabitants of the "savage slot," still dogged by their designation as Stone Age primitives. Instead of flipping the script and arguing that the Korowai are just like everyone else, Stasch draws far-reaching lessons from the particularities of Korowai life. Stasch writes with grace and clarity on the ambivalent ways in which the Korowai confront, evade, and embrace an otherness that resides not just in words, food, places, and human bodies, but also in the pasts and futures brought to mind by these material signs. Analyzing Korowai sign use as a concrete, historical process, he charts the passage between intimacy and alterity that Korowai undergo in their encounters not only with spirits and Indonesian soldiers, but also with children, husbands, and wives. Some of what Stasch describes may seem strange and even disturbing. But in pondering Stasch's findings, one gradually comes to see the making of persons and relationships in an entirely new light. Gone is the old debate between biological determination and cultural freedom; in its place is an approach that affirms the multiple histories that converge in and flow from a life. Erudite, empathetic, and unremittingly smart, Society of Others recasts the very meaning of kinship--and makes a case for the power of what anthropologists do."--Danilyn Rutherford, author of Raiding the Land of the Foreigners: The Limits of the Nation on an Indonesian Frontier

Lewis Henry Morgan and the Invention of Kinship

Author : Thomas R. Trautmann
Publisher : University of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803260061
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Lewis Henry Morgan and the Invention of Kinship written by Thomas R. Trautmann and published by University of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2008-07-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lewis Henry Morgan of Rochester, New York, lawyer and pioneering anthropologist, was the leading American contributor of his generation to the social sciences. Among the classic works whose conjunction in the 1860s gave modern anthropology its shape, Morgan’s massive and technical Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Family was decisive. Thomas R. Trautmann offers a new interpretation of the genesis of “kinship” and of the role it played in late nineteenth-century intellectual history. This Bison Books edition features a new introduction and appendices by the author.

Kinship and Family in Ancient Egypt

Author : Leire Olabarria
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108584918
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book Kinship and Family in Ancient Egypt written by Leire Olabarria and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-02-27 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this interdisciplinary study, Leire Olabarria examines ancient Egyptian society through the notion of kinship. Drawing on methods from archaeology and sociocultural anthropology, she provides an emic characterisation of ancient kinship that relies on performative aspects of social interaction. Olabarria uses memorial stelae of the First Intermediate Period and the Middle Kingdom (ca.2150–1650 BCE) as her primary evidence. Contextualising these monuments within their social and physical landscapes, she proposes a dynamic way to explore kin groups through sources that have been considered static. The volume offers three case studies of kin groups at the beginning, peak, and decline of their developmental cycles respectively. They demonstrate how ancient Egyptian evidence can be used for cross-cultural comparison of key anthropological topics, such as group formation, patronage, and rites of passage.

Passing On

Author : Janet Finch
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134217862
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (342 download)

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Download or read book Passing On written by Janet Finch and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-08 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inheritance, once the preserve of the propertied upper classes, has become a much more common experience. Many more people now than in the past have something of material value to bequeath when they die, mainly because of the spread of home ownership during the second half of the twentieth century. Passing On examines what these changes can tell us about kinship in England, through a study of how contemporary families handle inheritance. Based on the findings of a major research project into inheritance and kinship, Passing On examines how it is transmitted, 'who gets what' and the meaning this has for individuals and families. The authors argue that we should understand English kinship as a set of relational practices which are flexible and variable, rather than as a rigid structure or system. Inheritance is characterised more by symbolic practices and moral reasoning than by materialism. Of interest to lecturers and students of sociology, anthropology, social policy, law and gender studies, Passing On is also of considerable interest to those seeking to understand changing forms of kinship and ownership, especially researchers, policy makers and legal practitioners.

Families in the U.S.

Author : Karen V. Hansen
Publisher : Temple University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781566395908
Total Pages : 930 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (959 download)

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Download or read book Families in the U.S. written by Karen V. Hansen and published by Temple University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 930 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Attempts to do justice to the complexity of contemporary families and to situate them in their economic, political, and cultural contexts. This book explores the ways in which family life is gendered and reflects on the work of maintaining family and kin relationships, especially as social and family power structures change over time.

Fragile Families

Author : Naomi Glenn-Levin Rodriguez
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812249380
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book Fragile Families written by Naomi Glenn-Levin Rodriguez and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2017-07-26 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fragile Families examines the precarious position of Latina/o families who are simultaneously caught up in systems of child welfare and immigration enforcement, focusing on the central role of child welfare decision-making in producing and maintaining boundaries of citizenship, race, and national belonging in the United States.

Concepts of Person

Author : Ákos Östör
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Concepts of Person written by Ákos Östör and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using rich ethnographic detail, this work looks at the extent to which new models of kinship, caste and marriage translate into regional and Indian Models. The contributors, all distinguished scholars of South Asia, tackle different geographical areas and such diverse topics as hierarchy, forms of address, ritual, household and widowhood. This edition has a new introduction which discusses current research done in these fields. This book is essential to better understand kinship, the possibilities for cross-cultural comparison, and ways of looking at social change.

The Politics F Kinship

Author : J. Van Velsen
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Politics F Kinship written by J. Van Velsen and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Kinship and Gender

Author : Linda Stone
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN 13 : 1459623916
Total Pages : 674 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book Kinship and Gender written by Linda Stone and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2011-07-12 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed for undergraduate courses in kinship, gender, or the two combined, Linda Stone's Kinship and Gender is the product of years of teaching. The topic of kinship comes alive when linked to gender issues; conversely, the cross-cultural study o...

Becoming Kin

Author : Patty Krawec
Publisher : Broadleaf Books
ISBN 13 : 1506478263
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book Becoming Kin written by Patty Krawec and published by Broadleaf Books . This book was released on 2022-09-27 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We find our way forward by going back. The invented history of the Western world is crumbling fast, Anishinaabe writer Patty Krawec says, but we can still honor the bonds between us. Settlers dominated and divided, but Indigenous peoples won't just send them all "home." Weaving her own story with the story of her ancestors and with the broader themes of creation, replacement, and disappearance, Krawec helps readers see settler colonialism through the eyes of an Indigenous writer. Settler colonialism tried to force us into one particular way of living, but the old ways of kinship can help us imagine a different future. Krawec asks, What would it look like to remember that we are all related? How might we become better relatives to the land, to one another, and to Indigenous movements for solidarity? Braiding together historical, scientific, and cultural analysis, Indigenous ways of knowing, and the vivid threads of communal memory, Krawec crafts a stunning, forceful call to "unforget" our history. This remarkable sojourn through Native and settler history, myth, identity, and spirituality helps us retrace our steps and pick up what was lost along the way: chances to honor rather than violate treaties, to see the land as a relative rather than a resource, and to unravel the history we have been taught.

The Politics Of Kinship: Astudy In Social Manipulation Among The Lakeside Tonga Of Nyasaland

Author : J. Van Velsen
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Politics Of Kinship: Astudy In Social Manipulation Among The Lakeside Tonga Of Nyasaland written by J. Van Velsen and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Calligrapher's Daughter

Author : Eugenia Kim
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408841800
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book The Calligrapher's Daughter written by Eugenia Kim and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-01-14 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A beautiful, deliberate and satisfying story spanning thirty years of Korean history' Publishers' Weekly 'Kim weaves a wonderfully nuanced historical portrait, rich in detail and resonant with meaning and wisdom' Independent In Korea, Najin Han, the privileged daughter of a calligrapher, longs to choose her own destiny. Smart and headstrong, she is encouraged by her mother - but her stern father is determined to maintain tradition, especially as the Japanese steadily gain control of his beloved country. When he seeks to marry fourteen-year-old Najin into an aristocratic family, her mother defies generations of obedient wives and instead sends her daughter to serve in the king's court as a companion to a young princess. But the king is soon assassinated, and the centuries-old dynastic culture comes to its end. In the shadow of the dying monarchy, Najin begins a journey through increasing oppression that will change her world forever. As she desperately seeks to continue her education, will the unexpected love she finds along the way be enough to sustain her through the violence and subjugation her country continues to face? Spanning thirty years, The Calligapher's Daughter is an exquisite novel about a country torn between ancient customs and modern possibilities, a family ultimately united by love and a woman who never gives up her search for freedom.

The Widows

Author : Jess Montgomery
Publisher : Minotaur Books
ISBN 13 : 1250184533
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book The Widows written by Jess Montgomery and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2019-01-08 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The Widows kept me on the edge of my seat. Montgomery is a masterful storyteller.” —Lee Martin, author of Pulitzer Prize-Finalist The Bright Forever Inspired by the true story of Ohio’s first female sheriff, Jess Montgomery’s powerful, lyrical debut is the story of two women who take on murder and corruption at the heart of their community. Kinship, Ohio, 1924: When Lily Ross learns that her husband, Daniel, the town’s widely respected sheriff, has been killed while transporting a prisoner in an apparent accident, she vows to seek the truth about his death. Hours after his funeral, a stranger appears at her door. Marvena Whitcomb, a coal miner’s widow, is unaware that Daniel has died and begs to speak with him about her missing daughter. From miles away but worlds apart, Lily’s and Marvena’s lives collide as they realize that Daniel was perhaps not the man that either of them believed him to be. *BONUS CONTENT: This edition of The Widows includes a new introduction from the author and a discussion guide "The Widows is a gripping, beautifully written novel about two women avenging the murder of the man they both loved."—Hallie Ephron, New York Times bestselling author of You'll Never Know, Dear "Jess Montgomery's gorgeous writing can be just as dark and terrifying as a subterranean cave when the candle is snuffed out, but her prose can just as easily lead you to the surface for a gasp of air and a glimpse of blinding, beautiful sunlight. This is a powerful novel: a tale of loss, greed, and violence, and the story of two powerful women who refuse to stand down."—Wiley Cash, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Ballad, A Land More Kind than Home, and This Dark Road to Mercy "[A] flinty, heartfelt mystery that sings of hawks and history, of coal mines and the urgent fight for social justice."—Julia Keller, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Bone on Bone