Kinship, Networks, and Exchange

Book Overview

The intent of this collection of original essays is to revitalize the study of kinship and exchange in a social network perspective. The collection combines studies of empirical systems of marriage and descent with investigations of the flow of material resources. This book marks the emergence of a new era in the study of kinship and exchange using a productive combination of ethnographic substance with formal methods, one which leaves behind older structural-functionalist and culturalist assumptions.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521084741
• ISBN13: 9780521084741
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"