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The Metamorphoses of Kinship
Seiten
2020
Verso Books (Verlag)
978-1-78873-662-6 (ISBN)
Verso Books (Verlag)
978-1-78873-662-6 (ISBN)
A masterwork of the anthropology of kinship by the heir to Levi-Strauss
With marriage in decline, divorce on the rise and the demise of the nuclear family, it is clear that the structures of kinship in the modern West are in a state of flux.
In The Metamorphoses of Kinship, the world-renowned anthropologist Maurice Godelier contextualises these developments, surveying the accumulated experience of humanity with regard to such phenomena as the organisation of lines of descent, sexuality and sexual prohibitions. In parallel, Godelier studies the evolution of Western conjugal and familial traditions from their roots in the nineteenth century to the present. The conclusion he draws is that it is never the case that a man and a woman are sufficient on their own to raise a child, and nowhere are relations of kinship or the family the keystone of society.
With marriage in decline, divorce on the rise and the demise of the nuclear family, it is clear that the structures of kinship in the modern West are in a state of flux.
In The Metamorphoses of Kinship, the world-renowned anthropologist Maurice Godelier contextualises these developments, surveying the accumulated experience of humanity with regard to such phenomena as the organisation of lines of descent, sexuality and sexual prohibitions. In parallel, Godelier studies the evolution of Western conjugal and familial traditions from their roots in the nineteenth century to the present. The conclusion he draws is that it is never the case that a man and a woman are sufficient on their own to raise a child, and nowhere are relations of kinship or the family the keystone of society.
Maurice Godelier is a world-renowned anthropologist. Among the many honours he has received are the CNRS Gold Medal and the Alexander von Humbolt prize. His major works include The Making of Great Men, Metamorphoses of Kinship, The Enigma of the Gift, In and Out of the West, and more recently Lévi-Strauss: A Critical Study of His Thought.
Erscheinungsdatum | 22.01.2020 |
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Übersetzer | Nora Scott |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 153 x 234 mm |
Gewicht | 726 g |
Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
ISBN-10 | 1-78873-662-1 / 1788736621 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-78873-662-6 / 9781788736626 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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