Anthropological Perspectives On Kinship

Explores new developments in kinship studies in anthropology -- including the impact of new reproductive technologies and changing conceptualisations of personhood and gender.

Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: First principles Chapter 2: Kinship, descent and marriage Chapter 3: Kinship and the domestic domain Chapter 4: Descent and the public domain I: lineage theory Chapter 5: Descent and the public domain II: matrilineal and cognatic descent Chapter 6: Marriage and alliance Chapter 7: Universality of kinship and the current practice of kinship studies Notes Index