The Heat of the Hearth: The Process of Kinship in a Malay Fishing Community
The Process Of Kinship In A Malay Fishing Community
- Editore:
OXFORD UNIV PR
- Collana:
- Oxford Studies in Social & Cul
- EAN:
9780198280460
- ISBN:
0198280467
- Pagine:
- 336
- Formato:
- Paperback
- Lingua:
- Inglese
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Descrizione The Heat of the Hearth: The Process of Kinship in a Malay Fishing Community
Janet Carsten offers an original and very personal investigation of the nature of kinship in Malaysia, based upon her own experience as a foster daughter in a family on the island of Langkawi. She shows that Malay kinship is a process, not a state: it is determined partly by birth, but also throughout life by living together and sharing food. Carsten gives the reader a fascinating "anthropology of everyday life," including a compelling view of gender relations; she urges reassessment of recent anthropological work on gender, and a new approach to the study of kinship.
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