One of the world's most eminent social anthropologists draws upon his many years of study and research in the field of kinship and social organization to review

One of the world's most eminent social anthropologists draws upon his many years of study and research in the field of kinship and social organization to review

Originally published in the UK in 1970. The central argument of this book is that the structuralist theory and method developed by British and American anthropo

This book examines the structuralist theory and method developed by British and American anthrop- ologists in the study of kinship and social organization and h

American Kinship is the first attempt to deal systematically with kinship as a system of symbols and meanings, and not simply as a network of functionally inter