Culture, Creation, and Procreation : Concepts of Kinship in South Asian Practice /
Culture, Creation, and Procreation : Concepts of Kinship in South Asian Practice /
ed. by Monika Böck, Aparna Rao.
- 1 online resource (336 p.)
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF MAPS, FIGURES AND TABLES -- PREFACE -- Introduction: Indigenous Models and Kinship Theories -- PART ONE COMMUNITY AND PERSON -- Chapter 1: We, the Brothers of Tiger and Bamboo -- Chapter 2: Village Bodies? -- Chapter 3: Blood, Milk, and Mountains -- Chapter 4: Kinship, Creation, and Procreation among the Vagri of South India -- Chapter 5: Nature, Nurture, and Kinship -- PART TWO GENDER AND CHANGE -- Chapter 6: Kinship and Gender Identity -- Chapter 7: Habitus and its Implications in Constructing Kinship Ties -- Chapter 8: Kinship and Marriage in the Construction of Identity and Group Boundaries among Indians in Mauritius -- PART THREE SHARED KNOWLEDGE IN PRACTICE -- Chapter 9: Theatre of Memory -- Chapter 10: Kinship as Anger -- Chapter 11: Marriage Strategies in Lahore -- Chapter 12: Power and Fertility -- EPILOGUE -- NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX
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As reproduction is seen as central to kinship and the biological link as the primary bond between parents and their offspring, Western perceptions of kin relations are primarily determined by ideas about "consanguinity," "genealogical relations," and "genetic connections." Advocates of cultural constructivism have taken issue with a concept that puts so much stress on heredity as being severely biased by western ideas of kinship. Ethnosociologists in particular developed alternative systems using indigenous categories. This symbolic approach has, however, been rejected by some scholars as plagued by the problems of the analytical separation of ideology from practice, of largely overlooking relations of domination, and of ignoring the questions of shared knowledge and choice. This volume offers a corrective by discussing the constitution of kinship among different communities in South Asia and addressing the relationship between ideology and practice, cultural models, and individiual strategies.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781785334863
10.1515/9781785334863 doi
Kinship.
Manners and customs.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
GN487 / .C858 2000
306.83
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF MAPS, FIGURES AND TABLES -- PREFACE -- Introduction: Indigenous Models and Kinship Theories -- PART ONE COMMUNITY AND PERSON -- Chapter 1: We, the Brothers of Tiger and Bamboo -- Chapter 2: Village Bodies? -- Chapter 3: Blood, Milk, and Mountains -- Chapter 4: Kinship, Creation, and Procreation among the Vagri of South India -- Chapter 5: Nature, Nurture, and Kinship -- PART TWO GENDER AND CHANGE -- Chapter 6: Kinship and Gender Identity -- Chapter 7: Habitus and its Implications in Constructing Kinship Ties -- Chapter 8: Kinship and Marriage in the Construction of Identity and Group Boundaries among Indians in Mauritius -- PART THREE SHARED KNOWLEDGE IN PRACTICE -- Chapter 9: Theatre of Memory -- Chapter 10: Kinship as Anger -- Chapter 11: Marriage Strategies in Lahore -- Chapter 12: Power and Fertility -- EPILOGUE -- NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
As reproduction is seen as central to kinship and the biological link as the primary bond between parents and their offspring, Western perceptions of kin relations are primarily determined by ideas about "consanguinity," "genealogical relations," and "genetic connections." Advocates of cultural constructivism have taken issue with a concept that puts so much stress on heredity as being severely biased by western ideas of kinship. Ethnosociologists in particular developed alternative systems using indigenous categories. This symbolic approach has, however, been rejected by some scholars as plagued by the problems of the analytical separation of ideology from practice, of largely overlooking relations of domination, and of ignoring the questions of shared knowledge and choice. This volume offers a corrective by discussing the constitution of kinship among different communities in South Asia and addressing the relationship between ideology and practice, cultural models, and individiual strategies.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781785334863
10.1515/9781785334863 doi
Kinship.
Manners and customs.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
GN487 / .C858 2000
306.83