The metamorphoses of kinship / Maurice Godelier ; translated by Nora Scott.
Godelier, Maurice.; Scott, Nora.
2011
HQ503 .G613 2011 (Mapit)
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Title The metamorphoses of kinship / Maurice Godelier ; translated by Nora Scott.
Author Godelier, Maurice.
Uniform Title Métamorphoses de la parenté. English
ISBN 9781844677467 hardcover
184467746X hardcover
Imprint London ; New York : Verso Books, c2011.
Language English
Language Note Translation of: Métamorphoses de la parenté.
Description 638 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Call Number HQ503 .G613 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification 306.83
Summary "With marriage in decline, divorce on the rise, the demise of the nuclear family, and the increase in marriages and adoptions among same-sex partners, 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 contextualizes these developments, surveying the accumulated experience of humanity with regard to such phenomena as the organization 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. Godelier argues that the changes of the last thirty years do not herald the disappearance or death agony of kinship, but rather its remarkable metamorphosis--one that, ironically, is bringing us closer to the 'traditional' societies studied by ethnologists."--Jacket.
Note Translation of: Métamorphoses de la parenté.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. [573]-605) and indexes.
Added Author Scott, Nora.
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Kinship in the field: the Baruya of New Guinea
The components of kinship
Filiation and descent (first component)
Alliance and residence (second and third components)
Kinship terminologies (fourth component)
The functions and field of parenthood
Begetting ordinary humans (fifth component 1)
Begetting extraordinary humans (fifth component 2)
The sexed body: a ventriloquist's dummy that gives voice to the order or the disorder of society and the cosmos
Incest (sixth component): and a few other misuses of sex
Concerning the origins and the basis of the incest taboo: Freud and Lévi-Strauss
Proposals for a different scenario
Of the past, we cannot make a clean state: assessing the theories
Conclusion: what future for what kin ties?

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