Three Styles in the Study of Kinship
| Author | : J.A. Barnes |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 345 |
| Release | : 2013-11-05 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781136534935 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1136534938 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (35 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Three Styles in the Study of Kinship by : J.A. Barnes
Download or read book Three Styles in the Study of Kinship written by J.A. Barnes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study of kinship is a fundamental part of the study and the practice of social anthropology. This volume examines the work of three distinguished anthropologists that bear on kinship and determines what theoretical models are implicit in their writings and assesses to what extent their claims have been validated. The anthropologists studied are from France, the UK and USA: Claude Levi-Strauss, Meyer Fortes and G.P. Murdock. First published in 1971.
