Warren Shapiro

Partible Paternity and Anthropological Theory

The Construction of an Ethnographic Fantasy

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Produktbeschreibung

This book discusses the conception "partible paternity" within Amazonian Indian communities. The author argues that fellow anthropologists Beckerman and Valentine are completely wrong in labeling the Amazonian system as one of "group marriages" in their book Cultures of Multiple Fathers; rather, he states individual marriage and family exist nearly everywhere.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Seitenzahl: 78
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juni 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 5mm
• Gewicht: 128g
• ISBN-13: 9780761845324
• ISBN-10: 0761845321
• Artikelnr.: 26953455

Autorenporträt

Warren Shapiro is emeritus professor of anthropology at Rutgers University. He has written on kinship and anthropological theory for over four decades; his works include three other books and dozens of articles in both professional and popular journals and magazines.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Acknowledgements Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 Chapter 1.
Three Primitivist Projects Chapter 4 Chapter 2. The Grand Claims of
Beckerman and Valentine Chapter 5 Chapter 3. The Northwest Amazon Cases
Chapter 6 Chapter 4. Other Pertinent Cases: General Considerations Chapter
7 Chapter 5. Evidence Pertaining to Focality in Kin Classification
Simpliciter Chapter 8 Chapter 6. Evidence Pertaining to Focality in Kin
Classification Stemming from Partible Paternity Chapter 9 Chapter 7.
Evidence Pertaining to the Residential and Symbolic Isolation of the
Sexually Bonded Pair and Their Dependent Offspring Chapter 10 Chapter 8.
Evidence Pertaining to Sexual Jealousy Chapter 11 Chapter 9. Evidence
Pertaining to the Denigration of Women Chapter 12 Chapter 10. Miscellaneous
Evidence Chapter 13 Chapter 11. Conclusion Chapter 14 Bibliography Chapter
15 Index